题目
Although a teenager, Fred could resist ____ what to do and what not to do.A. having been toldB. to have been toldC. to be toldD. being told
Although a teenager, Fred could resist ____ what to do and what not to do.
A. having been told
B. to have been told
C. to be told
D. being told
题目解答
答案
D. being told
解析
本题考查知识点:动名词的被动形式以及“resist”的用法。
解题思路:
- 首先明确“resist”这个动词的用法,“resist”表示“抵抗;抵制”,其后需要接动名词形式,即“resist doing sth.”,而不能接动词不定式“to do sth.”,所以可以先排除选项B和C。
- 然后分析动名词的形式,这里“Fred”和“tell”之间是被动关系,即“Fred”是“被告知”的对象。动名词的被动形式有两种:一般式“being + 过去分词”和完成式“having been + 过去分词”。
- 一般式“being + 过去分词”强调动作正在进行或与谓语动词同时发生;完成式“having been + 过去分词”强调动作发生在谓语动词之前。在本题中,并没有强调“被告知”这个动作发生在谓语动词“resist”之前,所以用一般式“being + 过去分词”即可。因此,选项A“having been told”不符合要求,应排除。