7. She ________ her hairstyle in her hometown before she came to Chongqing for a better job. (重庆卷)

A. would change                         B. has changed

C. changed                        　　 D. was changing

【分析】答案选C。由came可知，她已来重庆了，而改变发型是在来重庆之前，即过去的过去，按理要用过去完成时，但before已经表明紧接着发生的先后两个动作，所以也可用一般过去时。(from www.nmet168.com)

8. I ________ while reading the English textbook. Luckily, my roommate woke me up in time! (安徽卷)

A. had fallen asleep                        B. have fallen asleep

C. fell asleep                         　　 D. fall asleep

【分析】答案选C。由woke可知，这事发生在过去，排除B和D；睡着是在阅读英语教科书的过程中发生的，而不是之前发生，排除A。

9. All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor, her nervousness ________. (全国卷)

A. has grown                        　　B. is growing

C. grew                        　　　　D. had grown

【分析】答案选C。紧张伴随等的过程而产生，应同时发生，waited是一般过去时，grow也用一般过去时。

10. I thought Jim would say something about his school report, but he ________ it. (上海卷)

A. doesn’t mention                        B. hadn’t mentioned        

C. didn’t mention                          D. hasn’t mentioned

【分析】答案选C。由thought和would say可知，“没提起这件事”也应是在过去发生的事。

11. —Nancy is not coming tonight. —But she ________ ! (全国卷)

A. promises                         　　 B. promised

C. will promise                         　 D. had promised

【分析】答案选B。“答应”发生在过去。句意是：但他曾经答应要来的。

二、考查表示过去的习惯

一般过去时也与used to一样，可以表示在过去一段时间内的经常性或习惯性动作。如：

I smoked forty cigarettes a day till I gave up. 我戒烟前一天要抽40支烟。

I played football every day when I was a boy. 我小时候天天踢球。

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