问题补充:
The foreigner explained again and again but he still couldn’t make himself.
A. understand
B. understood
C. be understood
D. understanding
答案:
A. understand
(答案→)B. understood
C. be understood
D. understanding
解析:此题考查的是make后面跟宾语补足语的用法。分词作补足语时应注意分词与宾语的逻辑关系。这句话的意思是“这位外国人反复地解释,但是他仍然不能让别人理解他”。这里,他让自己被理解,应该用过去分词understood作宾补。