40. — Is this raincoat yours?
—No, mine ______ there behind the door.
A. is hanging B. has hung
C. hangs D. hung
答：A。该句可理解为No, it isn’t my raincoat. Mine is hanging there behind the door.
41. — Can 1 help you, sir?
—Yes, 1 bought this radio here yesterday, but it
A. didn’t work B. won’t work
C. can’t work D. doesn’t work
答：D。抓住信息词but，便可推断出所省略的词now。won’t表示习惯的经常性的动作。如：The old carwon’t start．车总是不爱起动。The door won’t close．门总是不易被关上。
42. 1 don’t think Jim saw me, he_________ into space.
A. just stared B. was just staring
C. has just stared D. had just stared
答：B。此句可理解为I don’t think Jim saw me at that time, because he was just staring into space.
43. — Hey, look where you are going？
—Oh, I’m terribly sorry.______.
A. I’m not noticing B. I wasn’t noticing
C. 1 haven’t noticed D. I don’t notice
答：B。指刚才没有注意。
44. The price________, but I doubt whether it will remain so.
A. went clown B. will go down
C. has gone down D. was going down
答：C。从语境 but I doubt whether it will remain so中可判断价格已降下来了。
45. —You’re drinking too much.
—Only at home. No one_______ me but you.
A. is seeing B. had seen
C. sees D. saw
答：C。see不用进行时。sees一般现在时指经常的或习惯的行为。
46. Shirley_______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote
C. had written D. was writing
答：D． ....but I don’t know whether she has finished it是判断答的重要信息。
47. The last time I ______Jane, she _______ cotton in the fields.
A. had seen, was picking B. saw, picked
C. had seen, picked D. saw, was picking
答：D。The last time相当于从属连同，引导时间状语从句，表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作，应用过去进行时。