题目内容

Tom apologized for______ to inform us of the change in the working plan.

A. his not being able B. him not to be able

C. his being not able D. him to be not able

A

【解析】

试题解析：考察动名词作宾语。这是动名词的复合结构，动名词前面有自己独立的逻辑主语，这便构成了动名词的复合结构；构成:物主代词/名词所有格 + （否定词）+ 动名词 ；动名词的复合结构在意义上相当于一个句子，但实际上是一个名词结构，故在句中作主语、宾语或表语。故填his not being able。句意：汤姆道

歉了，因为他没有能够通知我们工作计划的变更。

考点：考察动名词作宾语。

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