题目内容

The little girl came close to _______ in the accident.

A. be killed B. being killed

C. having been killed D. having killed

 

B

【解析】

试题分析：句意：这个小女孩几乎要在这次车祸中丧生。这里使用了短语come close to doing几乎要做某事，因为the little girl和kill是被动关系，所以用动名词的被动，选B。

考点：考查动名词

 

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