问题
单项选择题
He said, "I ______ a lot of new words by the end of last year."
A．had already learnt
B．would have already learnt
C．have already learnt
D．already learnt
答案
参考答案：A
解析： 本题考查时态。by the end of．．．作时间状语时，用完成时。而本句的时间状语为“到去年年末…”，所以应该用过去完成时。