Question

Jack doesn’t smoke now, but he _______ for almost twenty years. A．was smoking B．had smoked

Jack doesn’t smoke now, but he _______ for almost twenty years. A．was smoking B．had smoked C．has smoked D．smoked

Answer 1

D

试题分析：考查时态，由后面的时间状语for almost twenty years，可以知道是一般过去式，句子意思“杰克现在不吸烟了，但是他吸烟将近20年” 点评：做时态题时，首先看时间状语，由时间状语判断时态；如果没有时间状语，从句子暗含的意思来判断句子时态