Question

All things _______ into consideration, the planned trip will have to be called off.

A. taken　　　　　　　 B. taking　　　　　　　　　　　 C. to take　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. being taken

Answer 1

解析：选A。take. . . into consideration把……考虑在内。该句中的all things 与take间为被动关系，故用过去分词taken, 故选A项。

独具【方法技巧】      独立成分作状语

    有些分词或不定式短语作状语，其形式的选择不受上下文的影响，称作独立成分。常见的有：generally speaking一般而言，frankly speaking坦白地说，judging from/by根据……来判断，considering. . . /taking. . . into consideration考虑到……, to tell the truth说实话，seeing. . . 考虑到……，supposing假设，如果，assuming假设，admitting虽说，即使，given如果，providing/provided如果，compared to/with与……相比。例如：

Judging from his accent, he is from the south.

从口音判断，他是南方人。

Considering your health, you’d better have a rest.

考虑到你的健康，你最好休息一下。

To tell the truth, I am a little tired.

说实话，我有点累了。