Question

— Oh, it’s you. I__________ you. Why are you looking so thin and pale?— I’ve been ill for week

— Oh, it’s you. I__________ you. Why are you looking so thin and pale?— I’ve been ill for weeks and still under treatment. A．can’t recognize B．could hardly recognize C．haven’t recognized D．wasn’t recognizing

Answer 1

B

考查时态。从it’s you这句中的谓语动词is，可以知道“我现在已经认出你来了。但刚才却几乎没有认出你来”。所以答案应该从过去时着手。又因为D项运用的是过去进行时，而recognise, realise, know, understand等表示心里的动词一般不运用进行时态。可以把D项改成：didn’t recognise.