Question

—We didn't find the Blacks ________ the lecture.

—No one had told him about ________ a lecture the following day.

A．to attend；there to be B．attending；there being

C．attended；there be D．attend；there was

 

Answer 1

B

【解析】第一空动词attend为及物动词，表主动，根据感觉动词find所跟复合结构，不可使用to attend，过去分词attended表被动，意义也不成立，可选用attending或attend，但根据句意，此处强调状态，故attending现在分词为最佳选项；第二空介词about后应使用动名词形式there being。