问题
选择题
Dressed untidily and speaking in a strange way, Father must have ______ to the people present to be a silly old man.
A．appeared
B．pretended
C．shown
D．thought
答案
A
句意：父亲衣冠不整，谈吐怪异，在在场者眼中，父亲想必显得是一个傻老人的形象。解题的关键在于是否能将to the people present(present“在场的”，作后置定语修饰the people)准确地分离出来。