问题
选择题
Cole Bettles ______ by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California last month.
A．had been rejected
B．has been rejected
C．has rejected
D．was rejecting
答案
答案：A
考察时态。根据句意可知当他收到加利福尼亚大学的邮件时已经被很多大学拒绝了，received使用了过去时，那么背很多大学拒绝应该是在这之前，是过去的过去，使用过去完成时，故A正确。
