问题
选择题
-What has made him in such a low mood recently?
-_____by his father for not passing the exam.
A．Being criticized
B．Criticized
C．Having criticized
D．To criticize
答案
答案：A
题目分析：考察动名词用法。句义：—最近什么事情让他情绪低沉？—因为没有通过考试被他的爸爸批评。根据句义可知下面的动名词短语Being criticized是用来回答what的，BCD三项都是分词短语，是不能在句中做主语的。故A正确。