Question

The news reporters hurried to the airport, only ________ the film stars had left.

A. to tell
B. to be told
C. telling
D. told

Answer 1

答案B
“得知那位影星已经离开了”是“急急忙忙赶到机场的新闻记者们”未曾预料到的结果，且此处为被动关系，故答案为B。另外，v.-ing形式短语作结果状语表示由主句所产生的逻辑上的或自然而然的结果。