问题
选择题
The thief missed __ and __.
A．to be caught; to break away
B．being caught; breaking away
C．to be caught; broke away
D．being caught; broke away
答案
答案：D
考查非谓语动词。miss意为“错过”时，后加动词的ing形式作宾语，故A、B已错，miss后不加to do sth.；又因为有and, and前后两个动词是并列结构，即miss和break并列，故用动词的过去式broke与missed并列，本句译为“小偷没被抓住，逃跑了”。