Question

Robert had a comfortable childhood, ______ up in a pleasant house with a view of the sea.

A. grew  B. growing  C. grown  D. to grow

Answer

B

【解析】

试题分析：本题考查非谓语动词。句意：Robert 的童年非常愉快，他在一所舒适的面朝大海的房子里长大。非谓语动词在此作状语，与逻辑主语Robert 之间是主动的，所以排除B grown 过去分词；A grew 一般过去时，不是非谓语动词；D to grow 在时间上表示将来，而此题表示的是一个事实，所以选择growing现在分词，用来表示主动。

【名师点睛】

本题考查的是现在分词短语做状语用法。可以分为一般式和完成式两种情况：

1. 现在分词的一般式：现在分词所表示的动作与句中谓语动词所表示的动作同时发生或两者之间时间间隔并不长。

例如：

I stayed up very late yesterday, preparing my speech on greenhouse.

Hearing the good news, the students were wild with joy.

He sends me an e-mail, hoping to get further information.

Being written in haste, the composition is full of mistakes.

从所给的例句是我们可以看出，现在分词的一般主动式所表达的是：分词与句中主语构成逻辑上的主谓关系，也就是我们常说的主动关系，而其一般被动式却表达的是：分词与句中主语构成逻辑上的动宾关系，也就是我们常说的被动关系。并且现在分词的一般被动式一般作原因状语位于句首，

例如：

Being a student, he was interested in books.

Being very small, computers are widely used.

Being tired, I can’t go on walking.

2. 现在分词的完成式：表示分词的动作在句中谓语动词所表示的动作或状态之前就已发生。例如：

Having done the work, he went home.

Having worked in the country for three years, he knew how to grow vegetables

Having been bitten by a snake, she was frightened at it.

Having been told many times, he still repeated the same mistake.

Having been deserted by his guide, he could not find his way through the jungle.

从以上例句中我们可以看出，现在分词的完成主动式表达的是：分词与句中主语构成逻辑上的主谓关系，先于谓语动词发生。而其完成被动式却表示分词与句中主语构成逻辑上的动宾关系，也是先于谓语动词发生。

考点：考查非谓语动词