Question

Although it was very late when John began doing the job, he managed with his

Although it was very late when John began doing the job, he managed with his friend’s assistance, ______ before the building was locked.
a. to be finished b. being finished
c. finishing d. to finish

Answer 1

楼上答案有误，请楼主斟酌！

这道题应该选择D

解答这道题的关键在于manage to do sth(成功做某事) 和 理解 with his friend's assistance（在他朋友的帮助下），这个短语的功能相当于一个插入语，可以移到句尾，再看整个句子的意思。

Although it was very late when John began doing the job, he managed to finish before the building was locked with his friends assistance。

做了如上变换后，可以看出，这道题考察的语法点，实际上是 manage to do sth. 成功做了某事，所以选择D

整句话的意思是： 尽管John开始做这项工作时已经很晚了，但是在朋友的帮助下，他成功地在写字楼锁门之前完成了工作。

希望能帮到你，祝更上一层楼O(∩_∩)O

Answer 2

D才正确
he managed with his friend’s assistance, ______ before the building was locked.
可以写成：
he managed to finish before the building was locked,with his friend’s assistance.
with his friend’s assistance可以无视

Answer 3

1. 答案：C.

2. 翻译：尽管约翰开始做这项工作时已经很晚了，但是在朋友的帮助下，他做成了，在大楼锁门之前完成了（工作）。

3. 解释：
1）此题如果按照二/三楼解释，即manage to do sth的话，那么finish的宾语在哪里呢？总不能说“他自己结束了”吧？
2）此题考查结果状语，即现在分词表示顺其自然的结果（由主句可以自然推理出来的结果），而用不定式则表示出乎意料的结构。
3）而句中的managed with his friend’s assistance这一行为，可以自然得出finish before the building was locked这一结果。

Answer 4

答案：C. finishing 表示结果