Question

【题目】She had written a number of books ______ the end of last year.

A. for B. in C. by D. at

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】

句意：到去年年底，她已经写了好几本书。考查介词。A. for为了；B. in在…里面；C. by到…为止；D. at在。根据She had written a number of books ____ the end of last year.可知句意为“到去年年底，她已经写了好几本书。”结合选项可知C选项符合题意，“by the end of+过去时间”常常和过去完成时搭配，故答案选C。