Question

With a lot of difficult problems ______，the manager felt like a cat on hot bricks.

A．settling 　　B．to settle

C．being settled D．settled

 

Answer 1

B

句意：因为有许多难题要解决，经理感觉像热锅上的蚂蚁。“with ＋ 宾语＋to do”结构作状语表将来，实际上此题中的with结构就相当于with a lot of difficult problems for him to settle，所以尽管settle和problems之间是被动关系，仍用主动形式。