【例题5】
No one knows how the huge rocks and without our modern machines eight hundred years ago.
[A]are cut, moved
[B]were cut, move
[C]were cut, moved
【正确答案】C
【考查要点】动词的时态(一般过去时)和语态(被动语态)。
【名师详解】the huge rocks这里是动作cut的承受者，而非执行者;再考虑时间是eight hundred years ago，最后确定用一般过去时的被动语态：was/were+及物动词的过去分词，故选C。
【例题6】
—When Mr. Harris the town for Sydney?
—I think it last December.
[A]did, leave, was
[B]did, leave, is
[C]has, left, was
【正确答案】A
【考查要点】特定语境中的动词时态(一般过去时)。
【名师详解】解题时注意把前后句结合起来，答句中的last December提示用行为动词的过去式和be动词的过去式，故选A。
【例题7】
You’d better when your mouth is full of food.
[A]don’t speak
[B]not to speak
[C]not speak
【正确答案】C
【考查要点】考查习惯用法，也属于对简单表达方式的考查。
【名师详解】had better的否定形式用“had better not+动词原形”，故选C。
