—Where are the children？The dinner's going to be completely ruined.—I wish they always l

问题补充：

—Where are the children？The dinners going to be completely ruined.

—I wish they always late.(·北京)

A. weren

B. hadn been

C. wouldn be

D. wouldn have been

答案：

(答案→)A. weren

B. hadn been

C. wouldn be

D. wouldn have been

解析：句意：——孩子们都到哪里去了？这顿饭就要被他们彻底破坏了。——我希望他们不要总是迟到。wish后跟that从句，从句部分采用虚拟语气，与现在事实相反的用一般过去时，与过去事实相反的用过去完成时。本题表示与现在事实相反，所以用一般过去时，故正确答案为A项。