Question

— I hear Katherine won the first prize in the English Speech Contest held last Sunday.

— There is no surprise. She _________ for weeks.

A.has been practicing B.is practicing

C.had been practicing D.practiced

Answer

C

【解析】

考查动词时态。句意——我听说Katherine在上周日举行的英语演讲比赛中获得了第一名。——没什么好惊讶的。她已经练习了好几个星期。分析句子时态可知，“练习”发生在“获奖”之前，即“过去的过去”，应用过去完成时态，且根据后文for weeks可知“强调动作从过去的过去开始一直延续到过去某个时间点”应用过去完成进行时，故选C。