He walkedthrough the back door, saying nothing, ( ) by his head teacher.
【选择】C. not to be seen
【解析】可以从句子结构入手
主要成分:He walked through the back door, 他从后门溜进来
伴随状语:saying nothing, 悄无声息地
目的状语:(not to be seen) by his head teacher (【= (so as) not to be seen 或(so that he could) not to be seen)以便不被校长看见
2. I got to myoffice earlier than usual today although it was raining cats and dogs, ( ) thefirst bus.
【选择】D. having caught
【解析】
填空处事原因状语。状语的位置不像主谓宾或主系表那样固定,既可以出现在主要结构前面,也可以放在后面;前者表示强调,后者属于顺便提及。
“赶头班车”早于“到达办公室”。由于got to my office 用的是过去时,所以“赶车”就需要用完成时。having caught the first bus 可以视作是状语从句because I had caught the first bus 省略主语 I 再把谓语动词 had caught 改为现在分词 having caught 衍变而来的。
C 目的状语 to do 的否定形式 not to do 后面接上被动 be seen (被发现)
为了不被校长发现,我们从后门悄悄地溜走了。
D 因为坐上了头班车,我们在这样的大雨天里反而比往常更早的来到了单位。
状语原则上面可以在句子的任何位子,当然要参照一下那个位子读上去比较好一天。但没有硬性语法规定。