Question

一个英文选择题

__as a poor boy in family of seventeen childern,benjamin franklin became famous on both sides of atlantic as a statesman, scientist and author.
A.Started B.Starting
选哪一个？为什么？
参考答案是A，实在想不通。

Answer 1

答：这是1990年6月六级试题
60. _______as a poor boy in a family of seventeen children. Benjamin Franklin became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as a statesman, scientist, and author.
A) Starting B) Started C) Being started D) To have started
答案应该是A。一会我给你找。
可惜网上只有真题，没有答案。
不过此题的答案一定是A
因为非谓语动词的逻辑主语是Benjamin Franklin, 他与start是主动关系，排除BC。不定式表目的指未来，不用完成式的，排除D。

Answer 2

B benjamin franklin became famous on both sides of atlantic as a statesman, scientist and author. 已经完整，而上述句子两部分之间既无分号，也无连词，故所填空应为非谓语，又start as a poor boy in family of seventeen childern,与benjamin构成主动，故选用start的现在分词形式，所以选B。

Answer 3

选B.当所修饰的名词是主动者时，用现在分词。这里的Starting as a poor boy 是 became 的伴随状语，而 franklin 是主动发出Start这个动作的主动者，用现在分词。

Answer 4

选B.Starting
因为这里是主动语态，用现在分词

Answer 5

答案是staring.这是一道历年六级真题。我考六级那会儿复习的时候有做过这道题。原因正如前面的网友的回答。会不会是参考答案弄反了，将A和B选项搞反了呢？？