—Did you see a girl in red pass by just now?—No sir. I a newspaper.A. readB. am readingC

问题补充：

—Did you see a girl in red pass by just now?

—No, sir. I a newspaper.

A. read

B. am reading

C. would read

D. was reading

答案：

A. read

B. am reading

C. would read

(答案→)D. was reading

解析：句意：刚才你看到一个穿红衣服的女孩走过吗？——没有，先生。我正在读报纸。结合语境可知下文描述的是过去某时正在进行的动作，故用过去进行时态，选Ｄ。