I called Bruce many times yesterday but I couldn’t get through. His brother on the phone

问题补充：

I called Bruce many times yesterday, but I couldn’t get through. His brother on the phone all the time.

A. was to talk

B. was talking

C. would be talking

D. had talked

答案：

A. was to talk

(答案→)B. was talking

C. would be talking

D. had talked

解析：考查时态：句意：昨天我给布鲁斯打了几遍电话。但都不能接通。他哥哥一直在电话里面谈话。说明昨天我在打电话的时候，布鲁斯的哥哥一直在讲电话。用过去进行时，选B。