Question

Good heavens! There you are! We _____ anxious about you, and we _____ you back throughout the night.

A．are; expect	B．were; had expected
C．have been; were expecting
D．are; were expecting

Answer 1

D

本题考查时态。首先排除A、D两个选项，因为从题干可知现在已经看到对方了，所以不担心了，担心是过去的状态。再看B项，第一个空格用过去时是可以的，但第二个空格用过去完成时had expected表示“本来期望”，显然与题意不符。D项的第一空用了现在完成时，表示状态从过去开始发生，到现在已完成，符合题意，现在已不担心，第二空用过去进行时，表示在过去的某段时间内一直持续的动作，“一直盼望你回来”，跟后面的时间状语throughout the night“整夜”相符。throughout后面还可接地点，如：throughout the world =" all" over the world，但all though后面只能接表示时间的名词，如：all through the night =" throughout" the night。