问题补充:
Sam coins since he was eleven years old, and now he has hundreds of them.
A. collected
B. had collected
C. has been collecting
D. had been collecting
答案:
A. collected
B. had collected
(答案→)C. has been collecting
D. had been collecting
解析:考查时态。句意“萨姆自从11岁就开始收集硬币了,现在他有几百个了。”表示动作发生在过去,一直持续到现在,有可能继续持续下去。用现在完成进行时。故选C。