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高中时间状语从句练习题一
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1. I learnt her hard-working and
kind _______ I got to know her in the bookstore.
A. first time B. for the first
time C. the first time D. by the first
time
2. It was not _______ he took off his
dark glass ____I realise who he was.
A.
when; that B. until; when C. when;
then D. until; that
3. It was 19 years
_______ Mandela, the former president of South
Africa, was set free from prison.
A. before
B. since C. until D. that
4. _______
had the bell rung _______ the students took their
seats.
A. Hardly; when B. No sooner;
when C. Hardly; than D. No sooner; then
walked along the beach for nearly three hours
_______ we saw a boat on the sea.
A. when
B. before C. unless D. as
two
brothers quarreled and quarreled _______ they
felt sleepy and went to bed.
A. when
B. before C. unless D. until
7. It was quite a long time _______ I made it
out what had happened.
A. after B.
before C. when D. since
8. We sent
the injured to the First-aid Centre_______ the
accident happened.
A. immediately
B. hurriedly C. quickly D. shortly
9. It seemed only seconds ________ the boy
finished washing his face.
A. when B.
before C. after D. even if
10. Hardly
had he reached the school gate ________ the bell
rang.
A. while B. when C. as D. as
soon as
11. I recognized you ________ I saw
you at the airport.
A. the moment B.
while C. after D. once
12. He was about
to go to bed ________ the doorbell rang.
A.
while B. as C. before D. when
13.
________I listen to your advice, I get into
trouble.
A. Every time B. When C. While
D. Until
14. The children ran away from the
orchard______ they saw the guard.
A. the
moment B. after C. before D. as
15.
No sooner had I arrived home _____ it began to
rain.
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A. when B. while
C. as D. than
16. Several weeks had gone by
_____ I realized the painting was missing. BCDCC
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A . as B. before C. since
D. when
17. He will have learned English for
eight years by the time he _____ from the
university next year.
A. will graduate B.
will have graduated C. graduates D. is to
graduate
18. It is said that an American
starts a speech with a joke, _______ a Japanese
seldom.
A. as B when C though D
while
19. They kept trying ________ they must
have known it was hopeless.
A. If B
because C when D where
20. It _____
long before we ____ the result of the experiment.
A. will not be; will know B. is; will
know C. will not be know D. is; know
21. –What was the party like? --Wonderful.
It’s years _____ I enjoyed myself so much.
A.
after B. before C. when D. since
22. The new secretary is supposed to report to
the manager as soon as she_____.
A. will
arrive B. arrives C. is going to arrive
D. is arriving
23. _____ got into the room
_____ the telephone rang.
A. He hardly had;
then B. Hardly had he; when C. He had not;
then D. Not had he; when
24. No sooner had
he finished his talk _____ he was surrounded by
the workers.
A. as B. then C. than D.
when
25. Mother was worried because little
Alice was ill, especially _____ father was away in
France.
A. as B. that C. during D.
if
26. I remember _____ this used to be a
quiet village.
A. when B. how C. where
D. what
II. Fill in the blanks with
proper conjunctions. As soon as when
while When
1. she got the pay,
she put it away in the bank. before
until before
2. I was wandering through the
street I caught sight of a tailor’s
shop.
3. He was drinking juice
the rest of us drank whisky.
4.
you read the poem a second time, the meaning will
become clearer to you.
5. We walked along the
seaside about two hours we came to a
fisherman’s village.
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6. The sailor stayed on the lonely
island a ship passed there and saved
him.
7. It was eight years the
Chinese people drove off the Japanese aggressors.
17. –Did you remember to
give Mary the money you owed her?
--Yes, I
gave it to her _____ I saw her.
A. while B.
the moment C. suddenly D. once
18. I thought
her nice and honest _____ I met her.
A.
first time B. for the first time C. the first
time D. by the first time
20. The moment the
28th Olympic Games _____ open, the whole world
cheered.
A. declared B. have been declared
C. have declared D. were declared
21. ---How
long have you been here?
----Well, ________
I graduated from H.K. University.
A. when
B. aince C. as D. until
23. ______ at
school, Jill wrote her first detective novel.
A During B. Since C. While D. In
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24. _______ a young man, he used
to help his father a lot on the farm.
A. As
B. When C. While D. Since
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27. It was midnight ________ we arrived at the
destination at last.
A. that B when C
before D until
two brothers quarreled
and quarreled _______ they felt sleepy and
went to bed. A. when B. before C.
unless D. until
sent the injured to the
First-aid Centre_______ the accident happened.
A. immediately B. hurriedly C. quickly
D. Shortly
1. It was quiet ________ those big
trucks started coming through the town.
A.
before B. after C. until D. unless
were told
that we should follow the main road _____ we
reached the central
railway station.
A. whenever B. until C. w
hile D.
wherever
8. _____ John was watching TV, his
wife was cooking.
A. As B. As soon as C.
While D. Till
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