题目内容

Faced with a bill for $10,000, _____.

A. Smith has taken an extra job

B. the boss has given Smith an extra job

C. an extra job has been taken

D. an extra job has been given to Smith

 

A

【解析】

试题分析：句意：面对1万美元的账单，斯密斯找了份额外的工作。Faced with a bill for $ 10,000,是过去分词作状语，只有主从句的主语一致的时候，才能用非谓语动词做状语，说明主句的主语是得到be faced with的主语，是人，排除CD，根据句意应该是斯密斯有账单，选A。

考点：考查句子结构

 

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