Question

Nearly half a million immigrants，many of them English—speaking，     in the country during the last quarter of the nineteenth century．

A．have arrived	B．had arrived
C．arrived	D．have been arriving

Answer 1

C

考查句子结构。这个句子的主语是Nearly half a million immigrants，横线要填的是谓语动词，根据下文的时间可知应该使用过去时。句意：大约有50万移民，其中很多都是会讲英语的在19世纪最后的25年中来到了这个国家。