核心问题
(1)——Do you know our town at all? ——No, this is the first time I ____ here. A. was B. have been C. came D. am coming(全国高考,92-22)
(2) I thought her nice and honest ____ I met her.
A. first time B. for the first time C. the first time D. by the first time(上海高考,98-9)
词典解答
当 the first time 作表语时,其后的定语从句的动词时态形式通常如下:
A. 当主句为现在时(It/This/That is the first time)时,从句的谓语动词要用现在完成时。
B. 当主句为过去时(It/This/That was the first time)时,从句的谓语动词要用过去完成时。
C. 当主句为将来时(It/This/That will be the first time)时,从句的谓语动词要用将来完成时,但要用现在完成时形式来代替,见 this is the first time。
当 the first time 用作连词时, 引导的是时间状语从句。其用法相当于 the moment, the minute, the second, the instant, 其从句的谓语动词的时态应依句意而定。在试题(2)中 the first time 之后的从句中谓语动词使用过去时 (met) 是符合句意的 [参见 last(adj.) ]。