He went to the payphone to make a call but the phone .A. is brokenB. has brokenC. was brok

问题补充：

He went to the payphone to make a call but the phone .

A. is broken

B. has broken

C. was broken

D. would break

答案：

A. is broken

B. has broken

(答案→)C. was broken

D. would break

解析：考察形容词和时态。Broken是过去分词转化的形容词，意为坏的，本题是一个系表结构，排除BD。再根据时态可知是过去时，故C正确。