Question

-That can't be! They______for forty minutes but no one has scored a goal yet．

-Too bad! It's almost half-time．

A. had played B. played

C. have been playing D. were playing

Answer

C

【解析】

考查现在完成进行时。句意：——那不可能！他们已经四十分钟了还没有人进球。——太糟糕了，时间快过一半了。根据for forty minutes 可知他们已经进行了四十分钟了还没进球，再根据下句 It's almost half-time可知还要进行下去，所以要用现在完成进行时表示“表示从过去某时开始一直持续到现在的动作，并且还将持续下去”的动作，所以C符合语境，故选C。