一道考查时态与语态的高考模拟题

问题描述

I didn’t follow the speech exactly, but I caught the main idea of what _______. 

A. is said        B. was saying       C. had said        D. was being said

请问选哪个？顺便分析一下，谢谢老师！

老师答疑

陈老师：

本题答案是 D。一是因为 what 与 say 之间为被动关系，故要选被动语态，据此可排除A、B、C。这里之所以用过去进行时的被动语态，是因为要表示当时正在被说的话。句子大意为：我没有完全听明白演讲，但听懂了大意。

补充例句：

Are you attending to what is being said? 你有没有注意听别人说话？

We had to strain to hear what was being said. 我们得很费力才能听清在说什么。

I’m afraid I wasn’t attending to what was being said. 恐怕我当时没注意听说了些什么。

He tried to start to talk about something different, because what was being discussed was embarrassing. 他试图转换话题，因为所谈的内容让人感到尴尬。