ThesecondbookwasbyAugust1952,buttwoyearslater,theendwasstillnowhereinsight.ThesecondbookwasbyAugust1952,buttwoyearslater,theendwasstillnowhereinsight.A.completedB.tohavecompletedC.tocompleteD.tohavebeenc

Question

The second book was ____ by August 1952,but two years later,the end was still nowhere insight.
The second book was ____ by August 1952,but two years later,the end was still nowhere insight.
A.completed B.to have completed C.to complete D.to have been completed

Answer 1

C.to complete.
be to 动词原形 表示即将做,是对将来的一种判断.
原句的意思是：第二本书原定于1952年8月完稿,但直到两年以后,也一直不见书的结尾部分.