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【题目】A total number of 172 people are now in hospital for treatment, of them 24 seriously ________.

A.being injuredB.injuredC.having injuredD.to be injured

【答案】B

【解析】

考查非谓语动词。句意:目前共有172人在医院接受治疗,of them 24 seriously ________为独立主格结构做伴随状语,其中24人严重受伤。24后省略名词people,与injure之间为被动关系,所以用过去分词,相当于 and of them 24 seriously are injured 。故选B

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Autonomous car technology has been 2 in some famous car manufacturers.

Partially automated technology has been in 3 for the last few years.

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The Google car’s accident has 6 one of driverless cars’ weaknesses.

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