When the Spanish explorers went to Mexico, they saw the Aztec kings 15 umbrellas.
答案:(D) using
【句型】see + O + V-ing 表示「看到某人正在做某事」(強調動作進行中)。used to 是固定的「過去習慣」用法,不適用於這個感官動詞句型;used(過去式/過去分詞)與 to use(不定詞)也套不進這個句型結構。
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used to(過去經常)是你很熟的說法,四個選項裡它最眼熟,很容易第一眼就選它。但這一格考的是感官動詞的句型,used to 根本進不來。
先看句型:they saw the Aztec kings ___ umbrellas。動詞是 saw(看見),後面接了受詞 the Aztec kings,空格要填的是說明這些國王在做什麼的受詞補語。感官動詞(see、hear、watch、feel、notice)的句型有兩種:see + 受詞 + 原形動詞,看到整個動作從頭到尾(I saw him cross the street. 我看著他走過馬路。);see + 受詞 + V-ing,看到動作正在進行中(I saw him crossing the street. 我看到他正在過馬路。)。本題的選項裡沒有原形 use,只有 using,所以填 using——探險家看到的是國王們正撐著傘的畫面。
used to:意思是「過去經常」,它後面要接原形動詞,而且自己要當句子的主要動詞(The Chinese used to carry umbrellas.),塞不進「感官動詞 + 受詞 + 補語」這個位置。used:當過去分詞是被動(被使用),但國王是使用者不是被使用的一方。to use:不定詞。感官動詞後面的補語不加 to,這正是感官動詞與 want、ask 那類動詞最大的差別。
see sb V-ing(看到某人正在做……)、see sb V(看著某人做完……)、hear sb V-ing(聽到某人正在……)、used to V(過去經常)、be used to V-ing(習慣於做……)、an Aztec king(阿茲特克國王)。
The umbrella is not a new invention. The Chinese 11 umbrellas in the eleventh century B.C. 12 China they traveled to India, Persia, and Egypt. But in Greece and Rome, men 13 use them. They believed umbrellas were 14 for women. When the Spanish explorers went to Mexico, they saw the Aztec kings 15 umbrellas. English explorers found out that Indian princes also carried umbrellas on the east coast of North America. It 16 that people in different parts of the world invented umbrellas at different times.
England was probably the first country in Europe 17 ordinary people used umbrellas 18 the rain. England has a rainy climate, and umbrellas are very useful there. The umbrella is now a very ordinary 19 . Everybody uses it today. It keeps the rain and the sun off people. Some umbrellas fold up, 20 it is easy to carry them.