时间状语从句以及原因状语从句专项总结练习.docx

时间状语从句和原因状语从句专项练习 I. Choose the best answer. 1. I considered 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 glasses _______I realized who he was. A. when; that B. until; when C. when; then D. until; that 3. It had been many 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 5. We had been walking along the beach for nearly three hours _____ we saw a boat on the sea. A. when B. before C. unless D. until 6. The two brothers quarreled and quarreled _______ they felt sleepy and went to bed. A. when B. before C. unless D. until 7. — What was the party like? —Wonderful. It ’s years _______ I enjoyed myself so much. A. after B. before C. when D. since 8. It was quite a long time _______ I made out what had happened. A. after B. before C. when D. since 9. _______, he went upstairs to sleep without supper. A. He was tired B. As he was tired C. Tired as he was D. As tired as he was 10. We sent the injured to the First-aid Centre_______ the accident happened. A. immediately B. hurriedly C. quickly D. shortly II. Fill in the blanks with proper conjunctions. 11. She looks unhappy recently _______ her demand has been turned down by her boss. 12. _______ times have changed, good revolutionary traditions can ’t be thrown away. _______ all the world were against me, I should still hold to my opinion. _______ she got the pay, she put it away in the bank. 15. I was wandering through the street _______ I caught sight of a tailor ’s shop. He was drinking juice _______ the rest of us drank whisky. _______ you read the poem a second time, the meaning will become clearer to you. 18. We walked along the seaside about two hours _______ we came