Question

“I       in the room, watching TV broadcast about the earthquake.” I told the policeman who had driven here to question me

1. A.
   was staying
2. B.
   stay
3. C.
   stayed
4. D.
   am staying

Answer 1

A
考查动词时态。语境没有提到具体时间，但从语境和和试题命制形式上看是直接引语，这里表示回答警察的讯问，那么一定是问在过去某个时候“我”在做什么，因此用过去进行时。