Question

The writer told us that he________ a great number of short stories in the last few years.

A．wrote

B．was written

C．has written

D．had written

Answer 1

D

主句The writer told us是一般过去时态，所以that引导的宾从也用过去时态的某种形式；再根据in the last few years，是完成时态的标志，所以要用过去完成时态。选D。