「考试策略」
(1)根据时间状语选择时态,特别是完成时的时间状语一般表示“到……为止”,以“by”短语居多。如果句中的时间状语是由by引出的短语或从句,谓语动词一般用完成时态,如:
By the time we got there, the fire had already been put out.
We'll have completed the task by the time you come back.
(2)如果没有时间状语,那就根据试题中出现的动作发生的顺序做出判断。
(3)注意特殊句型中的时态,如:
①hardly/scarcely …when… 和no sooner… than…
Hardly had I put down the receiver when the telephone rang again.
我刚放下话筒,电话又响了。
No sooner had they got to know the news than they went to the bar to enjoy a drink.
他们一得到消息,他们就去酒吧喝酒了。
②祈使句表示一种条件,第二个分句中一般要用will表示在这种条件下可能发生的事情。如:
Turn on the television or open a magazine and you _____ advertisements showing happy families.
A.are often seeing
B.often see
C.will often see
D.have often seen
答案:C
但是,本题中often的使用可能会造成一定的迷惑。这就要求考生对各种时态的表达方式,以及其作用了解清楚。will可以表示习惯。