Question

英语问题19

Answer 1

考查独立主格结构。句译为：村庄似乎废弃了，唯一的生命迹象是一些树在狂风中摇摆。由于前后两句的主语不同，所以后半句是独立主格结构，相当于去掉逗号之后，and the only sign of life were some trees waving in the howling wind。Waving in the howling wind 是后置定语，修饰trees。故答案为B

比如：There being no buses ，we had to walk home.
如果把逗号改成句号，前面一句应为There were no buses.

追问

选D可以么

追答

to be 通常表示将来