Question

【题目】—Why weren’t you at the meeting?

—I for a long-distance call from my aunt in America.

A. waited B. was waiting

C. had been waiting D. had waited

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】

句意：——你为什么没来开会?——我在等我美国姑姑的长途电话。考查时态辨析题。过去进行时可用于表示过去一段时间内正在做某事；根据句意语境，可知说的是“你们开会时”我正在等一个电话，需用过去进行时，故选B。