问题补充:
Tomme into giving up all plans for three weeks, but he failed at last.
A. tried to persuade
B. had tried to persuade
C. persuaded
D. had persuaded
答案:
A. tried to persuade
(答案→)B. had tried to persuade
C. persuaded
D. had persuaded
解析:考查时态和词组:try to persuade 尽力劝说,结果未知,强调动作; persuade 劝说(成功) ,强调结果。 根据句意,汤姆想说服我放弃三个星期的计划,但是最后失败了。从后面的but he failed at last.
可知主句应用过去完成时。选B。