问题
单项选择题
When I was there, he was still working. He said that he (1) for the last two hours (2) that he was going to stop (3) . He added that if I had arrived ten minutes later, I (4) at home. When I mentioned that the house looked quite (5) , he said that the woman (6) usually cleaned it had been sick for some time and (7) for over a week. When I asked him (8) he did not do it himself, he said that he (9) to do so if Mrs. Jones did not come the (10) day.
[A] was working [B] had been working [C] had worked
答案
参考答案：B
解析：[精析] 本题考查的是动词时态。从文章一开始，我们就知道故事发生 在过去。said是过去式，work发生在said之前，因此，此空的时态应该为过 去完成时。故选项[B]正确。