Question

一Why do children hang stockings over the fireplace for presents?
一As the story goes, to help a poor family, Father Christmas threw a small bag of gold down the chimney and it fell into a stocking that＿up to dry over the fireplace.

A．hung

B．had hung

C．was hanging

D．was hanged

Answer 1

C

試題分析：句意：為什么孩子把長筒襪掛在壁爐上面放禮物？--正如故事說的，為了幫助窮人，圣誕老人會順著壁爐扔下一袋金子，它會落在壁爐上面的長筒襪里面。因?yàn)槭侵v述故事里面的事情，從前面的句子：Father Christmas threw a small bag of gold down the chimney and it fell into a stocking可知長筒襪是當(dāng)時(shí)正懸掛在壁爐上方，所以用過去進(jìn)行時(shí)，選C。