Question

【题目】The students ________ the great people and knew the meaning of life.

A. discuss B. discussed

C. will discuss D. are discussing

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】句意：学生们讨论了伟人，懂得了生活的意义。A. discuss动词，讨论； B. discussed动词过去式，讨论；C. will discuss一般将来时态，将会讨论；D. are discussing现在进行时态，正在讨论。根据后文and knew...可知，本句使用一般过去时态，所以谓语动词为过去式。故选：B。