Lesson 15 too late
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文章讲解：

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）语法点——过去进行时
复习：现在进行时be + doing
过去进行时结构：was/were + doing
表达的感觉：过去某个时间点，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

测试：
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).
语法点复习：a few/a little/few/little （测试见最后）
1）语法点：过去完成式—宾语从句（了解）
核心点有两个：过去－完成
结构：had + 动词过去分词
【2012 贵州遵义】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】考查动词的时态。Have been to“去过某地”；have gone to“到某地去了”。句意“他到贵阳去了”。故选B。
【2012 贵州遵义】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，本句的时间状语为一段时间，要和延续性动词连用。Leave是短暂性动词，须排除。故选A。
【2012江苏泰州】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】考查动词的时态。由时间状语for over two years可知，用现在完成时，且动词用延续性的，故选D。
【2012广东梅州】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】考查动词的时态。Have gone to“到某地去了”；have been in+地点“一直在某地……”。句意：他到澳大利亚去了，并且在悉尼呆了两个周了。
【2012 福建 宁德】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】考查动词的时态。由“for ten years”可知，本句为现在完成时。故选B。
【2012山东日照】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】本题考查动词时态的用法。根据语境：你……过Jeremy Shu-How Lin吗？是的，一个很不出名的年轻人突然成了篮球健将，可见是“听说”，不是“听”或“听见”，所以是询问别人的“经历”，表示过去的事对现在造成的影响和结果，所以用hear of的过去时，所以选择答案C。
【2012山东日照】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】本题考查动词时态的用法。由上句语境“今天早上我给你打电话，但是没人接”可知是说的过去，原因是“那时我正在公园里跑步”，所以用过去进行时，所以选择答案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】考查动词的时态。由时间状语“in three days”可知，本句为一般将来时。故选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】考查动词的时态。由上文句意“现在杰克在教室里做什么？”可知，问的是现在正在做的事情。故用现在进行时。选C。
【2011浙江义乌】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】考查动词的时态。由上文语境可知，妈妈在厨房做饭正在进行。故选C。
【2012江苏南通】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】考查动词的时态。由上文“around 8:00 yesterday evening”可知，本句用过去进行时。句意“我和妈妈当时正在广场跳舞”。故选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】选B。考查谓语动词时态。句意：——Tim, 你母亲做什么来保持健康？——她通常游泳。根据句意和副词usually 可知本题应用一般现在时，故选B。
【2012湖南衡阳】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】考查动词的时态。第一句指到现在已经20年，因此用完成时态；第二句有确切的过去时间状语，因此用一般过去时。
【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】选C。由if引导的从句用了一般现在时，可见主句表示一种愿望，因而用一般将来时。
【2012广西钦州】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】考查动词的时态。根据下文的“他一会就会回来”，可知吉姆“已经去了”图书馆。Have gone to表示“已经去了”，而have been to表示“到过”。
2）tell someone sth 告诉某人某事
3）try to do sth/try doing sth 努力做某，试图做某事
3.When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.
1)复习arrive 不及物动词
2)复习：were + waiting 过去进行时
3)wait for someone 等某人
例句：Wait for me! I’ll be there in an hour. 等等我，我一个小时到。
While---对比
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 飞机起飞, 脱掉衣服
例句：The plane will take off in 10. 飞机10分钟之内起飞。
例句：It’s really hot. You can take off you coat. 太热了，你可以把外套拖了。
Off 远离
Stay off the grass 远离草坪
Turn off 关闭
2) it takes someone +时间 to do sth
例句：It takes me 2 years to learn English well. 我花了两年时间把英语学好。
例句：It takes me 2 hours to get here. 我花了两个小时才到这。
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与a little辨析练习题
1.It is good for the fish to have _______ water plants in the tank （鱼缸）to keep the water pure.
A.little B. a little C. few D. a few
D由句意可知在鱼缸中放一些水草可使水保持洁净。Water plants用few或a few修饰，且表示肯定意义要用a few。故选D。
2.There're ______ interesting places in China.
A.quite a few　　　 B．quite a little C.few　　　　　　 D．little
A根据places是可数名词复数可知用few短语；再根据句意“在中国有有趣的地方”表示肯定，故选A项。句意为“中国有许多有趣的地方”。
3.Sorry，I can give only ______ water to you.
A.a few　　 B.a little C.few　　　 D．little
B．首先water是不可数名词，故用little 短语；根据题干中的only可知表示“有点”，故用a little。句意为“很抱歉，我只能给你一点水”。
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 修饰不可数名词，few修饰可数名词，由空格后的people可排除A、D两项；only a few表示“只有几个”；quite a few表示“相当多”，由后句“我不得不等很长时间”可知“队伍中我的前面有相当多的人”，故选C。
5. David often plays alone (独自). He has ______ friends.
Yes. He is too shy to make friends.
A. little B. a little C. a few D. few
D. 根据friends可知是可数名词复数，故排除AB，根据句意：大卫经常一个人玩。是的，他太害羞而不敢交朋友。所以判断大卫朋友不多，故选D。
6.Would you like some milk in your tea?
Yes, just ____ .
A．much　 B．a little　 C．a few　 D．little
B．根据句意：你的茶里要一些牛奶吗？是的，只要一点点。故选B。
7.She has written a lot of books，but______ are good ones.
A．any　　　　 B．some C．few　　　　　　 D．many
C．根据but可知前后意思表示转折，“她已经写了许多书”，但是“几乎没有好的”，故选C项。
8.The books are so nice，which one can I take?
Oh，you can take ______ of them. I'll keep none.
A．both　 B．all　 C．neither　 D．either
B．根据答语中的none可知表示三者或三者以上，故排除A、C、D三项。句意为“——这些书这么好，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 few　　　 D．a little
D．根据water是不可数名词，故排除修饰可数名词的B、C两项；答语是肯定的，故选D项。
10. A smile costs nothing，but gives so ______.
A．little　　　 B．few C．many　　　 D．much
D．but表示转折，前半句意为“一个微笑不花钱”，故后半句“但是给予那么多”，故选D项。