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An individual human existence should be like a river-small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and＿＿＿passionately past rocks and over waterfalls.

A. to rush　 B. rushing　

C. rushed 　D. rush

 

B

【解析】

试题分析：句意：个人的存在应该像一条河，起初很小,被紧紧地夹在两岸中间,接着热情奔放地冲过岩石和瀑布。这里有两个伴随状语，一个是contained，一个是横线部分，因为river和rush是主动关系，所以用现在分词做伴随状语。所以选B。

考点：考查非谓语动词

 

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