Question

The discovery of new evidence led to _________. A．the thief having caught B．catch the...

The discovery of new evidence led to _________. A．the thief having caught B．catch the thief C．the thief being caught D．the thief to be caught

Answer 1

答案选 C. the thief being caught，句子的意思为：新证据的发现使得小偷被捉拿归案。因为小偷是被（警察）抓住，所以用being caught，被动语态。

解题分析：

1. catch the thief 是抓住小偷的意思，这里是用被动语态，be caught。
   

lead to sth /doing sth    to为介词，后面要跟名词或者动词的ing形式。所以这题应该是being caught。

扩展资料：

lead 的用法：

Lead to用法 Lead to这个短语有两种解释,一是“通往、通向”：

例句：The path led to that villege.

第二种解释是“导致”：

例句：The leadship of my college close their eyes to waste of water and electricity ,leading the resources shortage.

第三种它还有一种延伸的含义是“引导某人做某事（通常指好事）”

例句：His hobby—running leads him to become a athlete. 

参考资料：有道词典：lead to

Answer 2

C

lead to这个词组中to是介词，后面跟名词，于是B被排除，the thief是动名词逻辑上的主语，构成动名词的复合结构，与catch之间应是被动关系，故排除A。常见的带介词to的短语有：(get) be used to, look forward to，look up to, stick to, object to, be devoted to, pay attention to等。