Lesson 15 too late
為時太晚

文章講解：

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While twodetectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
1.The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.
1）語法點——過去進行時
復(fù)習(xí)：現(xiàn)在進行時be + doing
過去進行時結(jié)構(gòu)：was/were + doing
表達的感覺：過去某個時間點，正在做某事
例句：I was doing homework last night when my father came home.
1.What were you doing this time yesterday?
　I ____ on the grass and drawing a picture.
　A. sit B. sat C. am sitting D. was sitting
2.While I ___________ TV, the bell rang.
　A. watch B. watched C. am watching D. was watching
3.Why didn’t you answer my telephone yesterday?
　Sorry. I _______ a bath.
　A. took B. take C. am taking D. was taking
4.While the alien _______ a souvenir, the girl called the police.
　A. was buying B. bought C. buys D. is buying
5.I called you at 6 o'clock yesterday evening, but nobody answered.
　I'm sorry. I_______my friend download the movie Kung Fu Panda Ⅱwhen the telephone rang,
A. would help B. helped C. was helping

測試：
6.I _____ along the road when I saw Peter. So we stopped and had a chat.
　A. walked B. was walking C. would walk D. had walked
7.What did the teacher say just now?
　Sorry. I didn’t catch it. I ____ something else.
　A. think B. will think C. was thinking D. had thought
8.When I came back yesterday evening, my brother ________ his homework.
　A is doing B. has done C. was doing
9.Mrs White _____dinner when her son came home.
A.is cooking B. was cooking C. are cooking D. were cooking
10.Did you see Mr. Black just now?
　 Yes. He ______ his car when I met him.
A. parked B. was parking C. parks D. will park
11.Amy, I called you yesterday evening, but nobody answered the phone.
　 Oh, I _________ a walk with my mother at that time.
　 A. take B. took C. am taking D. was taking
12.Yesterday evening, I ___along the street when I suddenly met my maths teacher.
　 A. walk B. walked C. was walking D. am walking
13.Where were you at 7:00 last night?
　 I _____ to my mom at home.
　 A. write B. was writing C. wrote
14.Why didn’t you go to play football with us yesterday afternoon?
　 I _____my mother with the housework then.
　 A. helped B. was helping C. had helped D. have been helping
15.He ____when the UFO arrived. He didn’t wake until the UFO disappeared.
A. slept B. was sleeping C. was doing homework D. was singing
16.I_______ my homework at nine o'clock last Sunday morning.
　 A. am doing B. was doing C. do
17.I was very angry with John—he just_______ when I spoke to him.
　 A. isn’t listening B. hasn’t listened C. didn’t listen D. wasn’t listening
18.I called you at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, but no one answered.
　 Sorry, I _____ with my friends at that time.
　 A. swim B. swam C. will swim D. was swimming
19.Mr. Li _____ us a report on our environment when the earthquake happened in Japan.
　 A. gave B.is giving C. was giving
20.Mr. Lee ____ to a student when I entered the classroom this morning.
　 He is very patient _ _he is young.
A. talking; but B. talks; though
C. was talking, though D. talked, however
21.Were you at school when he came to see you?
　 Yes, I ______ a math class.
　 A. had B. was having C. am having D. have
22.I met a good friend of mine while I______ on the street.
　 A. walks B. walk C. was walking D. am walking
23.I ________ when the UFO landed.
　 A. am watching TV B. was watching TV C. have watched TV D. watched TV
24.The girl ______ with two cats in the yard when the earthquake happened.
　 A. was playing B. is playing C. are playing D. were playin

6-10 BCCBB
11-15 DCBBB
16-20 BDDCC
21-24 BCBA
2.A few hours earlier, someone had told the police (that thieves would try to steal the diamonds).
語法點復(fù)習(xí)：a few/a little/few/little （測試見最后）
1）語法點：過去完成式—賓語從句（了解）
核心點有兩個：過去－完成
結(jié)構(gòu)：had + 動詞過去分詞
【2012 貴州遵義】33. —Hello, may I speak to Zhang Jun?
Oh, sorry! He _______ to Guiyang.
A. has been B. has gone C. went
【答案】B
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。Have been to“去過某地”；have gone to“到某地去了”。句意“他到貴陽去了”。故選B。
【2012 貴州遵義】35. My father_______ on business for two weeks. He’ll return in three days.
A. has been away B. left C. has left
【答案】A
【解析】由for two weeks可知，本句的時間狀語為一段時間，要和延續(xù)性動詞連用。Leave是短暫性動詞，須排除。故選A。
【2012江蘇泰州】9. Do you miss your parent far away?
Yes, very much. They ________ the hometown for over two years.
A. left B. have left
C. were away from D. have been away from
【答案】D
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。由時間狀語for over two years可知，用現(xiàn)在完成時，且動詞用延續(xù)性的，故選D。
【2012廣東梅州】44. Where is your father?
---He_________ Australia and he ________ Sydney for two weeks.
A. has been to; has been in B. has gone to; has been in
C. has been in; has been to D. has gone to; has been to
【答案】B
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。Have gone to“到某地去了”；have been in+地點“一直在某地……”。句意：他到澳大利亞去了，并且在悉尼呆了兩個周了。
【2012 福建 寧德】39. Ann is a nurse in our hospital. She______ here for ten years.
A. works B. has worked C. worked
【答案】B
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。由“for ten years”可知，本句為現(xiàn)在完成時。故選B。
【2012山東日照】27. _______ you _______ Jeremy Shu-How Lin?
Yes. The once-nameless young man became a basketball hero suddenly.
A. Did; hear B. Do; listen to C. Have; heard of D. Have; listened to
【答案】C
【解析】本題考查動詞時態(tài)的用法。根據(jù)語境：你……過Jeremy Shu-How Lin嗎？是的，一個很不出名的年輕人突然成了籃球健將，可見是“聽說”，不是“聽”或“聽見”，所以是詢問別人的“經(jīng)歷”，表示過去的事對現(xiàn)在造成的影響和結(jié)果，所以用hear of的過去時，所以選擇答案C。
【2012山東日照】31. I called you this morning, but nobody answered it.
Oh, we _____ some running in the park.
A. are doing B. were doing C. have done D. did
【答案】B
【解析】本題考查動詞時態(tài)的用法。由上句語境“今天早上我給你打電話，但是沒人接”可知是說的過去，原因是“那時我正在公園里跑步”，所以用過去進行時，所以選擇答案B。
【2012新疆阜康】 33. Where is your brother?
He has gone to Beijing. He _______ back in three days.
A. will come B. comes C. has come D. came
【答案】A
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。由時間狀語“in three days”可知，本句為一般將來時。故選A。
【2012新疆阜康】 34. Is Jack in the classroom now? No, he_______football on the playground.
A. plays B. played C. is playing D. was playing
【答案】C
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。由上文句意“現(xiàn)在杰克在教室里做什么？”可知，問的是現(xiàn)在正在做的事情。故用現(xiàn)在進行時。選C。
【2011浙江義烏】19. — Hello! Is that Emily speaking?
Sorry, this is Jack, Emily's son. My mother _______ in the kitchen.
A. cooks B. cooked C. is cooking D. has cooked
【答案】C
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。由上文語境可知，媽媽在廚房做飯正在進行。故選C。
【2012江蘇南通】8.We couldn’t find you anywhere around 8:00 yesterday evening.
I’m sorry for it. My mother and I _______ in the square.
A. danced B. will dance C. were dancing D. are dancing
【答案】C
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。由上文“around 8:00 yesterday evening”可知，本句用過去進行時。句意“我和媽媽當(dāng)時正在廣場跳舞”。故選C。
【2012云南大理】35.What does your mother do to keep healthy, Tim?
She usually ________.
A. swim B. swims C. is swimming D. to swim
【答案】B
【解析】選B?？疾橹^語動詞時態(tài)。句意：——Tim, 你母親做什么來保持健康？——她通常游泳。根據(jù)句意和副詞usually 可知本題應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時，故選B。
【2012湖南衡陽】25. Our math teacher _____ in our school for 20 years and he ______ here

when he was 25 years old.
A. taught; comes B. taught; came C. has taught; came
【答案】C
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。第一句指到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)20年，因此用完成時態(tài)；第二句有確切的過去時間狀語，因此用一般過去時。
【2012湖南郴州】32.If I have enough money, I ______ a school bus to help the poor children go to school.
A. buy B. bought C. will buy
【答案】C
【解析】選C。由if引導(dǎo)的從句用了一般現(xiàn)在時，可見主句表示一種愿望，因而用一般將來時。
【2012廣西欽州】37. Could you tell me where Jim is? I want to return the bicycle to him.
Oh, he ________ the library. He will be back soon.
A. goes to B. has gone to C. has been to D. went to
【答案】B
【解析】考查動詞的時態(tài)。根據(jù)下文的“他一會就會回來”，可知吉姆“已經(jīng)去了”圖書館。Have gone to表示“已經(jīng)去了”，而have been to表示“到過”。
2）tell someone sth 告訴某人某事
3）try to do sth/try doing sth 努力做某，試圖做某事
3.When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.
1)復(fù)習(xí)arrive 不及物動詞
2)復(fù)習(xí)：were + waiting 過去進行時
3)wait for someone 等某人
例句：Wait for me! I’ll be there in an hour. 等等我，我一個小時到。
While---對比
His father is a professor while my father is a teacher.
Some … others… (>2 伙)
4.Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House.
1) take off 飛機起飛, 脫掉衣服
例句：The plane will take off in 10. 飛機10分鐘之內(nèi)起飛。
例句：It’s really hot. You can take off you coat. 太熱了，你可以把外套拖了。
Off 遠離
Stay off the grass 遠離草坪
Turn off 關(guān)閉
2) it takes someone +時間 to do sth
例句：It takes me 2 years to learn English well. 我花了兩年時間把英語學(xué)好。
例句：It takes me 2 hours to get here. 我花了兩個小時才到這。
5.While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
1) were + keeping
2) to one’s surprise
few, a few, little與a little辨析練習(xí)題
1.It is good for the fish to have _______ water plants in the tank （魚缸）to keep the water pure.
A.little B. a little C. few D. a few
D由句意可知在魚缸中放一些水草可使水保持潔凈。Water plants用few或a few修飾，且表示肯定意義要用a few。故選D。
2.There're ______ interesting places in China.
A.quite a few　　　 B．quite a little C.few　　　　　　 D．little
A根據(jù)places是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)可知用few短語；再根據(jù)句意“在中國有有趣的地方”表示肯定，故選A項。句意為“中國有許多有趣的地方”。
3.Sorry，I can give only ______ water to you.
A.a few　　 B.a little C.few　　　 D．little
B．首先water是不可數(shù)名詞，故用little 短語；根據(jù)題干中的only可知表示“有點”，故用a little。句意為“很抱歉，我只能給你一點水”。
4. There are _______ people in front of me in the queue. I have to wait for a long time.
A. very little B. only a few C. quite a few D. quite a little
C little 修飾不可數(shù)名詞，few修飾可數(shù)名詞，由空格后的people可排除A、D兩項；only a few表示“只有幾個”；quite a few表示“相當(dāng)多”，由后句“我不得不等很長時間”可知“隊伍中我的前面有相當(dāng)多的人”，故選C。
5. David often plays alone (獨自). He has ______ friends.
Yes. He is too shy to make friends.
A. little B. a little C. a few D. few
D. 根據(jù)friends可知是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故排除AB，根據(jù)句意：大衛(wèi)經(jīng)常一個人玩。是的，他太害羞而不敢交朋友。所以判斷大衛(wèi)朋友不多，故選D。
6.Would you like some milk in your tea?
Yes, just ____ .
A．much　 B．a(chǎn) little　 C．a(chǎn) few　 D．little
B．根據(jù)句意：你的茶里要一些牛奶嗎？是的，只要一點點。故選B。
7.She has written a lot of books，but______ are good ones.
A．a(chǎn)ny　　　　 B．some C．few　　　　　　 D．many
C．根據(jù)but可知前后意思表示轉(zhuǎn)折，“她已經(jīng)寫了許多書”，但是“幾乎沒有好的”，故選C項。
8.The books are so nice，which one can I take?
Oh，you can take ______ of them. I'll keep none.
A．both　 B．a(chǎn)ll　 C．neither　 D．either
B．根據(jù)答語中的none可知表示三者或三者以上，故排除A、C、D三項。句意為“——這些書這么好，我可以拿哪本？——哦，你可以都拿走。我一本也不要”。
9.Do you have any water?
Yes，I have ______in my glass.
A．little　　　 B．few　　 C．a(chǎn) few　　　 D．a(chǎn) little
D．根據(jù)water是不可數(shù)名詞，故排除修飾可數(shù)名詞的B、C兩項；答語是肯定的，故選D項。
10. A smile costs nothing，but gives so ______.
A．little　　　 B．few C．many　　　 D．much
D．but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，前半句意為“一個微笑不花錢”，故后半句“但是給予那么多”，故選D項。