I am glad you have come back from Beijing.Please tell me how long you ____ there.

问题描述:

I am glad you have come back from Beijing.Please tell me how long you ____ there.
A)have stayed
B)had stayed
C)have been staying
D)stayed
请说明原因,

A为什么呢?have stayed表示层级在那里呆过,到现在仍然是存在的,没有终止的一个问题,所以用have不用had,用现在完成时,选项Chave been staying 不适合,因为已经回来了,而且stay for some time是不可持续动词,只是表示一种状态而不是动作。Dstayed表示过去式,很明显不适合,因为题目中要求的是意思是曾经呆过多久,用完成式。