单选题The second paragraph is focused on _____.A the principles of past lie-detection machinesB why past lie-detection machines did not workC why it is necessary to develop new lie-detection machinesD the difference between past and present lie-detection mac

In the past men generally preferred that their wives（ ）in the house。

A.worked
B.would work
C.work
D.were working

If we____the same things as we did in the past, we weren't going to be successful in hiring the folks we needed.

A、were to do
B、could do
C、had done
D、did

Language enables its speakers to refer to all kinds of things, which are either present or absent; either existing at present, in the past or in the future; either real or unreal. This quality is called__________.

A．arbitrariness
B．duality.
C．creativity
D．displacement

初中英语?语法
一、考题回顾



二、考题解析
【教案】
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aim:
Students will master the rule of the Simple Past Tense.
Ability aim:
Students will able to talk about the things happened in the past in their daily life.
Emotional aim:
Students will learn how to cooperate with others.
Key and difficult point:
Key Point: Students will master the structure of the Simple Past Tense.
Difficult Point: Students will use the structure of the Simple Past Tense in daily life.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1: Warming-up
1. Greetings.
2. Ask students a question: what are you reading recently? And ask some students to share with the whole class.
Step 2: Presentation
1. Review the knowledge about the past tense of verbs: write some verbs on the blackboard and ask students to change the verbs into their past tense.
2. Ask students to read the dialogue and pay attention to the background information about Mark Twain. Then ask students some questions: What’ Mark Twain’ real name? When did he born? When did he begin to work? And then invite some students to share the answers with the whole class and write down on the blackboard.
3. Then ask students when these things happened and then tell them the rule of past tense: Simple Past Tense refers to the actions or states happened at a certain moment in the past, or a certain period of time in the past. It is often used with temporal adverbial, such as yesterday, last week and so on.
4. Ask students to read the dialogue again and try to find other sentences which used the Simple Past Tense and share with class. Then tell students the rule of general and special interrogative sentences in the past tense: general interrogative sentences use auxiliary verbs (did) and special interrogative sentences use special interrogative words (what, when, how...).
Step 3: Practice
1. Ask student to role play the dialogue and ask two groups to show in class.
2. Play a game: magic box. There is a magic box which is full of all kind of verbs, ask students to choose one card and then make a sentence with it using the Simple Past Tense.
Step4: Production
Discussion: ask students to talk about what happened to them in the last weekend, they should use the Simple Past Tense and then invite two of them to show their conversation.4 in 1, 5 minutes will be given.
Step5: Summary and Homework
Summary: ask a student to conclude the content of the lesson and summarize with the whole class.
Homework: ask students to practice the usage of Simple Past Tense learned today with desk mates after class.
Blackboard design:



1. Could you list any other temporal adverbials which can be used in The Simple Past Tense?

It is no good on dwelling the past. Whatexisted or happened in the past may have been beautiful or exciting and may nowbring profound and precious memories, but the past is dead, and it is nothealthy for living spirits to linger over a world inhabited by ghost. The pastmay also be a place of horror, of regret, of spilled milk, of unfortunate deedsthat cannot be undone, of sad words like "might have been." However,it is painful and pointless to fixate on a period that cannot be relieved orrepaired. It is unproductive self-punishment. The past must be kept in itsplace, outlive and outgrow.
It is also useless to worry about thefuture. Why fly to heaven before it′s time? What anxious visions haunt peoplewho think too much about the future? They may envision the horrible mushroomcloud; the earth shriveling from radiation; the over-populated, abused earthgone dead. They may imagine their own lives going awry; appointments missed;advancements given to someone else; their houses burned to the ground; theirloves lost; everything in their lives, as in a nightmare, slipping away. Thereis no end to the disasters people can worry about when focusing anxiously onthe future. There are events in the future, including their own deaths, overwhich they have little or no control, but which can ruin their lives if theyworry about them. There are some disasters they may be able to prevent, butthey must do that by living well in the present, not simply by worrying aboutthe future.
The present moment, which is even now movinginto the past, is the only reality I know, and I don′t want to miss it. Thewild cherry cough drop dissolving in my mouth is sweet and soothing. Even mysore throat and backache have meaning. The cool night air, the cracking noiseof my furnace, my cat yawning and stretching--these are the tangible realitiesI can recognize. They exist in this moment, together with my own breathing, thewarm lamp overhead, the jerking of my typewriter. Along with these are therealities of other and of all life on this earth, which matter to me now, notat some past or future time.
Everyone needs a sense of history, I think,particularly a feeling for his or her own roots, but history needs to keep itsdistance to be appreciated. It is also vital to have some sense of direction, whichmeans making plans for the future but not becoming preoccupied with them. Whatis most important, I believe, is living in the present, that is, being alivenow.
Bydescribing the past as "a world inhabited by ghost" (Line 3, Para 1),the author means that_______________.

A.the past is anindication
B.the past is thesource of unhappy feelings
C.the past is allabout the spirits of the dead
D.the past is oflittle significance for the present