问题
选择题
The journalist once told us that the old wooden house ______ the Smiths’ ______centuries ago.
A．belonging to; came into existence
B．belonged to; brought into existence
C．was belonged to; has come into existence
D．was belonging to; called in existence
答案
答案：A
题目分析：第一空考查现在分词做定语，belong to不可以用被动，也不可以用进行时，用现在分词做定语，第二空考查词组：come into existence开始存在，句意：记者曾经告诉我们这个属于斯密斯一家的旧的木房子在几个世纪前就存在了。选A。
点评：有的固定词组用法比较特殊，如：date back to追溯到…,come into existence，come into use，只能用一般现在时和主动式，要记牢它们的用法。