一般现在时表示经常或习惯性的动作或一般性事实。，也可表示现在的状态或主语具备的性格和能力。
通常与副词every day(每天)，always(总是),usually(通常),often(经常)sometimes(有时),等时间状语连用。
例：(1)表示事物或人物的特征、状态。
The sky is blue.天空是蓝色的。
Mary’s father is an English teacher. 玛丽的爸爸是一名英语老师。
(2)表示经常性或习惯性的动作。
I get up at six every day.我每天六点起床。
She plays sports every day. 她每天都做运动。
(3)表示客观现实。
The table has four legs.桌子有四条腿。
There are 50 students in my class. 我们班有50个学生。
(4)表示客观真理，科学原理，自然现象，等客观事实或格言谚语等。
The sun rises in the east every day.太阳每天从东方升起。
The earth goes around the sun.地球绕着太阳转。
(5)表示平日的喜好。
I like bananas. We don’t like vegetables.
He likes ice cream. She doesn’t like strawberries.
单项选择题
( ) 1. Father usually ______ his newspaper after dinner.
A. read B. reads C. reading D. is reading
( ) 2. The Blacks often ______ to the cinema on Saturday evenings.
A. go B. goes C. is going D. are going
( ) 3.Look! The boy ______ with his mother in the pool.
A. is swimming B. is swimming C. are swimming D. are swiming
( ) 4.--- What is Tom doing in the classroom? --- He ______ something on the blackboard.
A. draws B. draw C. is drawing D. are drawing.
( ) 5.Old Tom usually ______ up at six and ______ sports in the garden.
A. gets, dos B. gets, does C. get, does D. gets, do
( ) 6. It‘s ten o‘clock and Jack ______ still(仍然) ______ his homework.
A. is, do B. is, doing C. are, do D. are, doing
( ) 7. The waiters ______ to work at five every morning.
A. start B. starts C. starting D. are starting
( ) 8.I ______ a letter, so I can‘t go out with you.
A. is writing B. am writing C. am writeing D. am writting
( )9.A hundred days _____ quite a long time. A. is B. are C. have D. has
( )10. --______ late for the meeting next time. –Sorry, I won‘t.
A. Don‘t B. Don‘t be C. Won‘t be D. Be not
( )11. My mother _____ noodles, but my father ______.
A. likes, doesn‘t B. don‘t like, do C. likes, didn‘t D. didn‘t like, do
( )12. The picture ______ nice.
A. looks B. is looked C. look D. is looking
( )13. The students will go to the Summer Palace if it ______ tomorrow.
A. don‘t rain B. doesn‘t rain C. won‘t rain D. isn‘t rain
( )14. We are always ready _______ others.
A. to helping B. to help C. help D. helping
( )15. I often hear her ______ about the boy.
A. talking B. talk C. to talk D. talked
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