问题
单项选择题
He was a young man of barely eighteen years, evidently country, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town.
A.brought up
B.bred
C.grown up
D.raised
答案
参考答案:B
解析:country bred意思是bred in the country“在乡村长大的”,已成为一种固定表达,相当于一个合成形容词。bred不能用其他过去分词代替,不说country brought up或country raised,虽然它们似乎在语法上讲得过去,但仔细阅读一下句子便可发现,evidently修饰country bred(副词修饰形容词)。此处并不是一个省略形式的定语从句,否则的话应该为:(who was) evidently bred in the country,因此不能用brought up或raised代替bred。注意:有些合成词无连字符,但表达的是一个概念,在语法作用上应加以区分。grow up是不及物动词,在句中显然不合适。