Question

The teacher said to us, “Failure is the mother of success”.26-30 CBCCA

→ The teacher ＿＿ that failure ＿＿the mother of success.

A．said to us; was

B．told us; was

C．told us; is

D．spoke to us; is

 

Answer 1

【答案】

C

【解析】直接引语变间接引语，引语中的人称，时态，时间状语都要进行相应的转换，前面的said to us改为told us that, 但引语若是客观真理，客观事实，则不需转换时态，“失败是成功之母”是客观真理，因此，转换时不用更改时态，故选C

考点：考查直接引语变间接引语。

点评：直接引语变间接引语，引语中的人称，时态，时间状语都要进行相应的转换，但引语若是客观真理，客观事实，则不需转换时态