Question

1. [原文]Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born.

[問題] One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleepless ness was        .

   A. his mother’s injury before he was born

   B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit

   C. his magnificent physical condition

   D. that he hadn’t got a bed

[答案]        

Answer 1

1. A此處把狀語從句改寫成了名詞句型，"…his mother hav-ing been injured several days before he was born.”和"…his mother's injury before he was born.”是同義表達。