Question

As the clock ________ midnight, cinemas across the country screened the film, _________ China one of the first countries in the world to show it.

A．knocked; making

B．hit; made

C．beat; which made

D．struck; making

Answer 1

D

本题动词辨析和非谓语动词。句意：当午夜的钟声敲响，中国的各大影院开始播放这部电影，这使得中国成为世界上最先播放该电影的国家之一。表示“(钟表)敲，鸣，报时”时用strike。此处making是现在分词作状语表示结果。