Question

【题目】— Why did so many people get hurt in the earthquake?

— Don’t you know? People when it happened that night.

A. slept B. have slept C. sleep D. were sleeping

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】句意：-为什么这么多人在地震中受伤？ -你不知道吗？当晚发生的时候，人们都在睡觉。

由句子when it happened that night.可知是过去时，因此主句用过去时。排除B/C。再根据语境可知，地震发生的时候，人们正在睡觉。用过去进行时。故选D。