单选题 The winter vacation ______ over, he got down to his work again.
A. was B. were C. had been D. being

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 在本句中没有任何连词,因此,这里不可能是两个完整的句子,而只能一个是句子主干,另一个是非谓语结构作状语,可见A项、B项和C项全错。正确答案为D项,因为“the winter vacation being over”是一独立分词结构,用来作状语,表示时间,例如:Nobody haying any more to say, the meeting was closed. 大家都没有什么可说的了,会议就结束了。