168. The first shots of theAmerican Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were,according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, whichwere sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as wellas another additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina. A. shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reachingNew York City as well as another additional eleven days B. shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reachNew York City, and also another eleven days C. shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New YorkCity and another eleven days D. shots took four days byswift messenger in order to reach New York City and another eleven days inaddition (E) E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City andanother eleven days
答案是E。
疑问:我们之前学过It takes sb sometime to do sth.是To do sth takes sb sometime.的变形结构,It起占位符的作用。
在这题E选项中, news of these shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City
其中Sth takes sometime by sb to do sth.结构,by sb是不是算作被动语态的用法?
如果算的话,改成主动语态句子变成怎样呢? |