Question

As I'll be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate ________ from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along．

1. A.
   hearing
2. B.
   to hear
3. C.
   to be hearing
4. D.
   having heard

Answer 1

A
appreciate(感激)后面用動名詞作賓語，所以所給選項中可以排除B、C兩項。主句中的now and then(時常)表明本句的動名詞應用一般時，所以排除D項。剩余的A項為正確選項。