问题
选择题
As is known to all, the financial crisis firstly broke out in the United States,_____ the group of developed countries.
A．belonging to
B．belonged to
C．belongs to
D．is belonged to
答案
答案：A
考查非谓语动词。逻辑主语the United States与belong to之间为主动关系，故用现在分词作定语，选A。