2019年mba考试英语模拟题——其他550

{01}He is writing a novel, so he shuts himself up, ________ to receive guests
A.refuses
B.to refuse
C.refusing
D.refused
解析：：考查分词做状语。因He与refuse构成主动关系，使用现在分词做状语。句意：他真正写小说，所以他把自己关了起来，拒绝迎接客人。故C正确。
本题选C。
{02}---You were out when I dropped in at your house.
---Oh,I     for a friend from England at the airport
A.was waiting
B.had waited
C.am waiting
D.have waited
解析：过去进行时可表示过去某一时间正在进行的动作或存在的状态。答语中暗含了when you dropped in at my house。
本题选A。