2019年mpa考试英语真题——动词的时态81

{01}The house looks much bigger now that we ________ the walls in brighter colours．
A.are painting
B.have painted
C.had painted
D.have been painting
解析：考查时态。根据上文The house looks much bigger，这说明房子目前给人的感觉是当我们已经把房子漆成了亮色以后才有的结果，因此应使用现在完成时。
本题选B。
{02}The meeting was to ________ at 9 o’clock, but the manager didn’t turn up until twenty minutes later．
A.starting
B.start
C.be started
D.have started
解析：
本题选D。
{03}Great changes ________ in the past ten years in China．
A.took place
B.have taken place
C.were taking place
D.had taken place
解析：
本题选B。