【3月31日 时态】

belinda_cao

语法时态，其实庆爷给的那个时间轴。挑了一些有典型意义的题目出来，这期的题目重在being 的用法上，考点其实是被动进行时态。大家感受一下。

1）Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier's pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22 was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
(A) 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become
(B) 22, was injured three times, while being discharged in 1783 because she had become
(C) 22 and was injured three times, and discharged in 1783, being
(D) 22, injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she was
(E) 22, having been injured three times and discharged in 1783, being

2）Without hearing a word of what is being said or shouted, an experienced trader on the floor of the stock exchange can listen to the hum of voices around them and tell what is happening.
(A) Without hearing a word of what is being said or shouted, an experienced trader
(B) Without hearing a word of what is being said or shouted, experienced traders
(C) Even though the person has not heard a word of what is being said or shouted, an experienced trader
(D) Even when the person has not heard a word that is being said or shouted, experienced traders
(E) In spite of not hearing a word of what is being said or shouted, an experienced trader

3）According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively few founding members.
(A) the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria
(B) the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not as much their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much
(C) it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog that they are being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much
(D) it is not so much that the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria so much
(E) it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog to be bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria

4）A new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which


5.Lenders and building managers in the southwestern section of the city report that because of the rental market in the area being renewed, as well as the willingness of the banks to lend money being increased, apartment buildings are being rehabilitated at a pace unseen for a decade.
A.of the rental market in the area being renewed, as well as the willingness of the banks to lend money being increased
B.of the renewed rental market in the area, as well as the willingness of banks to lend money increasing
C.of the renewed rental market in the area and the increased willingness of banks to lend money
D.the rental market in the area renewed and the willingness of banks to lend money increased, therefore
E.the rental market in the area was being renewed and banks were increasingly willing to lend money, so