—Did you see a girl in white pass by just now?—No sir. Ia newspaper.A. readB. was reading

问题补充：

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

—No, sir. Ia newspaper.

A. read

B. was reading

C. would read

D. am reading

答案：

A. read

(答案→)B. was reading

C. would read

D. am reading

解析：句意：——刚才你看见一个穿白色衣服的女孩经过吗？——没有，先生。我跟那个才正在读报纸。根据第一句的助动词did可知这是在询问过去发生的事，因此用过去时，此句强调刚才女孩经过的那一时刻我正在读报纸，因此用过去进行时，故选B。