问题补充:
---What made him so upset?
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A. Failing in the test
B. He failed in the test
C. Because he failed in the test
D. To fail in the test.
答案:
(答案→)A. Failing in the test
B. He failed in the test
C. Because he failed in the test
D. To fail in the test.
解析:情景交际。根据上文,什么让他如此沮丧?结合语境可知考查主语,现在分词短语表示抽象动作,可知选A,在考试中不及格。选项BC不能用作句子主语。