Question

The manager was worried about the press conference his assistant _____in his place but ,luckily ,everything was going on smoothly.

A．gave

B．gives

C．was giving

D．had given

Answer 1

c

C【命題動(dòng)向】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。
解析一：根據(jù)下句but luckily，可知之前經(jīng)理?yè)?dān)心他的助手正在代替他召開(kāi)的媒體招待會(huì)，故用過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)。
解析二：句意為“經(jīng)理當(dāng)時(shí)很擔(dān)心助理替他主持的記者招待會(huì)，所幸的是一切進(jìn)展順利”，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境排除B項(xiàng)；結(jié)合上下文應(yīng)是當(dāng)時(shí)在舉行的記者招待會(huì)，故選C項(xiàng)。