—Where are the children? The dinner’s going to be pletely ruined.
—I wish they always late.
A. weren’t
B. hadn’t been
C. wouldn’t be
D. wouldn’t have been
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(答案→)A. weren’t
B. hadn’t been
C. wouldn’t be
D. wouldn’t have been
解析：考查虚拟语气。动词wish后面的从句要使用虚拟语气，本句是对现在的情况解析的虚拟故使用一般过去时，故A正确。句意：—孩子们在哪里？这顿饭就要被毁掉了？—我希望他们不要总是迟到。故A正确。