Question

He said that he had just started working and that he________for eight hours that day．

1. A.
   would work
2. B.
   worked
3. C.
   has worked
4. D.
   had worked

Answer 1

A
分析：以said为时间立足点来考虑，work动作如果发生在said之前那么就应该用过去完成时；如果是发生在said的同时，应该用过去进行时，但是由于有for eight hours就和进行时的基本概念发生矛盾，所以不可能用过去进行时；如果看成是在said发生时work动作尚未发生的话，就应该用过去将来时。由He said that he had just started working(他说他刚开始工作)，因此处理成过去完成时and he had worked for eight hours that day(他那天已经工作了八个小时)是不可能的，只能理解为在said发生时尚未发生的事情，所以用过去将来时。