5 keep the lamp burning与keep the lamp being on

When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp ____ but the door ____.

A. being on, shut   

B. burning, shutting  

C. burning, shut  

D. on, shutting

这道题答案是C。想问下第一格being on或者单独的on可以填吗?A选项为什么不对呢?

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最佳答案 2024-08-01 07:30

再次查阅了一下朗文和牛津词典,两本词典对find一词的用法解释基本相似,观察所列举的用法条目,似乎可以找到一些思路。

1.《朗文高级英语词典》对find一词的释义及例句:

to discover that someone or something is in a particular condition or doing a particular thing when you see or touch them.

1) find somebody/something+adjective

I’m sure we’ll find her hard at work when we get home.

He tried the door and found it unlocked.

2) find somebody+prepositional phrase

She woke to find a man by her bed.

3) find somebody/something doing something

Often he found her quietly weeping alone.

4) find (that)

She looked at her glass and was amazed to find it was empty.

2.《牛津高阶英语词典》(纸质第9) find词条7(为简练计,只列举用法条目,不列举例句):

1) find sb/sth/yourself+adv./prep.

2) find sb/sth/yourself+adj.

3) find sb/sth/yourself doing sth

4) find (that)…

通过对朗文和牛津词典的例句观察,find sb/sth+adj./adverb/prepositional phrase/doing应该可以和find (that)进行同义转换,用that从句体现出一般体意义和进行体意义,或者静态意义和动态意义。以朗文词典的例句为例,应该可以这样:

1) I’m sure we’ll find (that) she is hard at work when we get home.

2) He tried the door and found (that) it was unlocked.

3) She woke to find (that) a man was by her bed.

4) Often he found (that) she was quietly weeping alone.

5) She looked at her glass and was amazed to find it empty.

如果按照这个思路解释:

C项:we found the lamp burning but the door shut.

可以转换为:

We found (that) the lamp was burning but the door was shut.

A项:we found the lamp being on but the door shut.

会转换为:

We found (that) the lamp was being on but the door was shut.(恐怕不能成立)

所以,倾向于选择C项,不选A项。

个人理解,未必正确,仅供参考。

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其它 4 个回答

好题  
擅长:英语

我理解此题C是最佳选项,因为英语通常不说found the lamp being on 而可以说found the lamp on. 如果是we found the lamp on but the door shut.是可以的。这可能就是为什么出题人没有用on, shut做选项。

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奉国平  

同意你的看法,这道题选 A 也完全可以。

虽然找不到完全相同的权威句子,但类似的例子还是很多的。如:

She found the film being a true story. 她发现这部电影是个真实的故事。

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黄力松  

在袁懋梓编著《大学英语语法》(外语教学与研究出版社)第230页找到这样一个句子:

He put on his socks, with the wrong side (being) out. 他把袜子穿反了。

这里的 being out 也是宾补,但这里的 being 是可以省略的。所以这是不是意味着网友的这道题也可以选 A

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凡哥英语   - 归师
擅长:英语

两位老师都做了精彩的解答。我这里从考试的角度补充一下这道题为什么答案是C。因为要贴图,所以开贴回答。

既然是考题,就要从考试(textbook)而非实际(real life)的角度出发来考虑,也就是所谓的考点。这里涉及两个方面:

1) 考察find的使用—如果是“主谓宾宾补”的句型(SVOOC),有四个使役动词充当谓语动词的话,宾补有动词的话,要使用该动词的分词形式,也就是在VingVed两种形式种选一个,主动用Ving,被动用Vedfind就是四大之一,也就是说,考试时,你根本不用去看懂整个句子,发现谓语动词是find,而宾补要选一个动词,你直接根据主/被动,在选项中找-inged形式的动词就ok,所以从形式上,D选项就可排除(因为on);

2)习惯搭配。也就是所谓的collocation。与lamp搭配的常用动词是burn,而且用主动而非被动(be burned)形式,所以宾补选burning (这也是为什么不选A,因为being是多余的)。而门关上了,当然用被动,所以宾补用shut(此处shut不是动词原形,而是shut的过去分词)

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以上是基于考试做的分析,脱离考试这个范畴,我的解答可以直接忽略

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