英语中不同的叙事时态可以描述过去、现在或将来发生的事件。我们通过动词的不同形式来辨别句子所使用的时态。比如，have been doing 表现的是现在完成进行时，指过去到现在一段时间内持续发生的动作。来做测试题，看看你是否能分清并熟练运用这些叙事时态吧！
1. They _________ by the time we arrived at the restaurant.
a) had finished eating
b) have finished eating
c) were eating
d) ate
2. _________ in the UK for so many years, she speaks English fluently.
a) Have lived
b) Had lived
c) Having lived
d) Having had lived
3. When I arrived at the station, it _________ with rain.
a) has poured
b) was pouring
c) has been pouring
d) is pouring
4. Jamie had been studying all night and _________ exhausted when I met him in the morning.
a) had looked
b) has looked
c) looked
d) has been looking
5. As I walked into the meeting, everyone looked at me. I was late and the meeting _________ an hour before.
a) had been started
b) has been started
c) was starting
d) had started
6. I _________ my favourite book, when there was a knock at the door.
a) am reading
b) had read
c) read
d) was reading
答案
1) a, 2) c, 3) b, 4) c, 5) d, 6) d.