—Why did the car hit the tree?
—Because the driver ________ on the phone at that time.
A. talk B. was talking C. is talking D. talks
【答案】B
【解析】句意:——为什么小汽车撞到了树上?——因为司机当时正在打电话。考查过去进行时。根据问句“Why did the car hit the tree?”可以判断动作发生的时间是过去,再根据时间状语at that time(那时)可知句子中的动作在过去某个时刻正在进行着,且动作在一段时间内持续进行,所以用过去进行时,过去进行时的构成是:主语+was/were+动词的现在分词,主语是thedriver所以be动词用was,talk的现在分词是talking;故答案选B。