--Excuse me.Did you see a girl in red passing by just now?----No sir .Ia newspaper.A. read

问题补充：

--Excuse me.Did you see a girl in red passing by just now?

----No,sir .Ia newspaper.

A. read

B. was reading

C. have read

D. am reading

答案：

A. read

(答案→)B. was reading

C. have read

D. am reading

解析：句意：打扰了，刚才你看见一个穿红衣服的女孩经过吗？——没有，先生。我（刚才）正在读报纸。结合语境可知下文描述的是刚才正在进行的动作，故用过去进行时态。选B。