—Why weren’t you at the meeting? —I for a long distance call from my sister in America.A.

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A. was waited
(答案→)B. was waiting
C. has waited
D. have been waiting
解析：句意：--你为什么没有开会？--我一直在等美国姐姐的长途电话。由第一句话：Why weren’t you at the meeting?可知是过去没有开会，所以第二句是在别人开会的时候，他正在等一个长途电话，用过去进行时，所以选B。