The president hopes that the people will be better off when he quits than when he .
A. has started
B. starts
C. started
D. will start
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A. has started
B. starts
(答案→)C. started
D. will start
解析：考查时态。句意：那个总统希望在他下台的时候人们要比他上台的时候更富有。根据句意可知他已经是总统了，那么他上台是一个过去发生的事情，故使用一般过去时。故C正确。