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---Did you watch the program Voice of China on Friday night? It was wonderful.

---I wish I had, but I ________ for the mid-term examination then.

A.would prepare B. prepared

C. had prepared D. was preparing

【解析】

试题分析：考察时态。根据回答的最后一个单词then可以知道，后者准备期末考试的事情是那时候正在发生的，故选D。该对话意思为：----你看了周五的中国好声音了么？真是太棒了！----我希望我看了，但是我那时正在准备期末考试。故选D

考点：考察时态。

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