Mart didn't seem_________very much A pleased anybody B able to please anybody C pleasing somebody
应选B,意思是马特似乎不太擅长取悦别人,B选项中在able前省略了to be,这是符合语法规则的。
A之所以错,在于应该说please anybody,不应有被动形式或过去形式。
C之所以错,在于seem后面应该跟to do,其中to可以省略,那么pleasing这个动名词形式就不对了。退一步说,如果想说Mark didn't seem to be pleasing somebody very much,那么pleasing和didn't这个过去式不匹配,换成don't则可以用于现场语境中。
够详细了吧。
by eric