So many representatives _______,  the conference had to be put off.

题目类型: 单选题

题目内容

So many representatives _______,  the conference had to be put off.

题目选项

A. were absent
B. to be absent
C. being absent
D. had been absent

正确答案

C

题目解析

本题考查独立主格结构。句子后半部分的主干结构完整,句中有逗号但是没有连词,所以前半部分只能用非谓语动词。representatives与be absent是逻辑上的主谓关系且动作已经发生,所以后者应该为现在分词形式,此独立主格结构充当一个原因状语。
[避错] A)和D)均为谓语动词,所以排除;B)中不定式暗含了动作还没发生,与主句中had表示的时态矛盾,故B)也不正确。

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