在“It is/was/will be the first time that分句”结构中，当主句动词为is/will be时，that分句动词一律用现在完成体，引导词that可以省略。例如： It is the first time I’ve been here. Don’t forget, it’ll be the first time I’ve spoken in public. 当主句动词为was时，that分句动词通常用过去完成体。例如： It was the first time she’d been at a summer school and she thoroughly enjoyed it. 近义词辨析 fast, hasty, quick, rapid, speedy, swift 这组词均含有“迅速的”，“快捷的”的意思。
fast 强调速度快，且保持不变；又指钟表的时间超过准确的时间。 We took a fast train to Beijing.我们坐快车来北京。
hasty 指匆忙、急促，涉及因此而引起的慌乱、疏漏。 Don’t arrive at hasty conclusions.别匆忙下结论。
quick 强调动作、行为发生得突然且持续时间短。指人时，暗示聪明、领悟快。 The tiger took a quick leap at the sheep.老虎猛地向羊扑去。
rapid 指就整个过程来讲速度快，但并不一定指这一过程的速度始终均匀不变。 The growth of the economy has been rapid in recent years.近年来，经济增长速度很快。
speedy 指人处理问题迅速或物体运转速度快。 His accusations brought a speedy denial.他的指控马上遭到了否认。
swift 与fast和quick同义，但带有文学色彩。 Eagles are swift in flight.鹰飞得很快。
全真模拟试题 1. It was requested that all of the equipment ____ in the agreed time. A. erected B. would be erected C. be erected D. will be erected 2. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ____ something pleasant in the past. A. to remember B. remembered C. having been remembered D. remembering 3. I ____ him the Christmas gift by mail because he c ame home during the Christmas holidays. A. ought to have sent B. couldn’t have sent C. must have sent D. needn’t have sent 4. It turned out that the children were not ____ for t he accident. A. to blame B. to be blamed C. to be blaming D. to have been blamed 5. The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles, ____ been mentioned in previous chapters. A. a few of which B. a few of them C. a few of those D. a few of that 6. Setting up a committee might be a way ____ the proj ect more efficiently. A. to be doing B. doing C. to do D. being done 7. It ____ to see so many children in that mountainous area cannot even afford elementary education. A.pains her B. makes her pain C. is paining D. is pained 8. Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ____ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet. A.was promising B. has been promising C. promised D. has promised 9. He was determined to sail around the world ____ his illness and old age. A. given B. although C. despite D. in spite 10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these invitations ____ first thing tomorrow morning. A. had to be put in the mail B. must be put in the mail C. be put in the mail D. should have been put in the mail