Question

The meeting was to_________ but the manager________ until twenty minutes later. A．start; did..

The meeting was to_________ but the manager________ until twenty minutes later. A．start; didn’t turn up B．be started; hadn’t turned up C．start; hadn’t turned up D．have started; didn’t turn up

Answer 1

A

start作“开始”讲时，为不及物动词，没有被动形式。再根据时间状语until twenty minutes later此题应用一般过去时态。故此题选A。