Question

【题目】The boy ______ for her in the rain for nearly half an hour before she appeared.

A. waits B. waited C. has waited D. had waited

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】句意：在她出现前，那个男孩已经在雨中等了接近半个小时了。因为before后用的是一般过去时，wait这个动作发生在appeared之前，也就是过去的过去，所以空格处应该用过去完成时。故选D。