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考查动词时态语态和主谓一致。句意:一位游客向外国人解释降半旗的原因。分析句子可知,fly作why引导的宾语从句中的谓语动词,由上文的explain可知,描述过去发生的事情用一般过去时,且主语the flag是单数,与谓语动词fly是被动关系,故填was flown。反馈 收藏
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