Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
练习题一
一、用动词的适当形式填空。
1. While we __________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.
2. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.
3. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away.
4. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity __________ (go) off.
5. She __________ (not want) to stay in bed while the others ________________ (all, work) in
the fields.
6. While mother ________ (put) Cathy to bed, the door bell ________ (ring).
7. As I __________ (walk) in the park, it __________ (begin) to rain.
8. Even when she _______ (be) a child she ______ (already, think) of becoming a ballerina (芭蕾
舞演员).
9. It was quite late at night. George __________ (read) and Amy __________ (ply) her needle
when they __________ (hear) a knock at the door.
10. There __________ (be) a group round the fire when they __________ (reach) it. An old
woman __________ (sit) on the ground near the kettle; two small children __________ (lie) near
her; a donkey __________ (bend) his head over a tall girl.
二. 选择题。
1. I ______ cooked a meal when you _____ me.
A. cooked, were ringing B. was cooking, rang C. was cooking, were ringing D.
cooked, rang
2. He said he _____ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
A. tries B. tried C. was trying D. will try
3. While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room.
A. was watching, was hearing B. watched, was hearing
C. watched, heard D. was watching, heard
4. They _____ a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A. were watching B. watch C. watched D. are watching
5. What book ____ you ______ when I ____ you at four yesterday afternoon?
A. did, read, was seeing B. did, read, saw C. were, reading, saw D. were, reading,
was seeing
6. It was Friday evening. Mr and Mrs. Green _____ ready to fly to England.
A. are getting B. get C. were getting D. got
7. Lei Feng _____ always _____ of others when he ______ in the army.
A. is, thinking, was B. was, thinking, is C. did, think, is D. was, thinking, was
8. A girl ______ my pen fall off the table when she _____ me.
A. saw, passed B. was seeing, passed Cc. was seeing, passed D. was seeing, was passing
9. We ____ for tom at ten last Sunday. He often kept us ______.
A. were waiting, waiting B. were waiting, wait C. waited, waiting D . waited, wait
10. He ____ his father on the farm the whole afternoon last Saturday.
A. helps B. would help C. was helping D. is helping
练习题二
1. My brother ___ while he ___ his bicycle and hurt himself.
A. fell, was riding B. fell, were riding C. had fallen, rode D. had fallen, was
riding
2. Tom ___ into the house when no one ___.
A. slipped, was looking B. had slipped, looked C. slipped, had looked D. was slipping,
looked
3. The last time I __ Jane she ___ cotton in the fields.
A. had seen, was picking B. saw, picked C. had seen, picked D. saw, was
picking
4. He was sleeping late _______ someone knocked on the door.
A. when B. while C. as D. after
5. —What were you doing at this time yesterday? —I _______.
A. sleep B. slept C. was sleeping D. sleeping
6. _______ I was walking to school, I saw a cat climbing a tree.
A. When B. While C. Before D. as
7. The UFO ___ east to west when he saw it.
A. was traveling B. traveled C. had been traveling D. was to travel
8. I ___ my breakfast when the morning post came.
A. had B. had been having C. have been having D. was having
9. When I arrived at his office, he ___ on the phone.
A. was speaking B. spoke C. had been speaking D. had spoken
10. When I came in, he_______ a letter.
A. wrote B. is writing C. was writing D. writing
答案
第一部分
1. was having 2. was going,were doing 3. were doing,were watching 4. was listening
5. were not making 6. Were having were cleaning 7. was raining 8. did do(do) 9. was
waiting 10. was going/would go
选择题:BCDAC, CDAAC
第二部分
1-5 AADAC 6-10 BADAC