单选题 It is encouraging to find that more and more people are getting ______ in preserving the ecological system of the rainforests of the Amazon.
  • (A) interest
  • (B) interested
  • (C) interesting
  • (D) interests


【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[理由] 本句测试下列固定用法:
be getting+形容词 渐渐变得……
[例] It's getting dark now, so let's go home.
(天渐渐变黑了,咱们回家吧。)
根据上述,空格前有are getting,得知空格内应置形容词。选项中仅(B)及(C)为分词可作形容词。唯过去分词interested表“感到有趣的”,现在分词interesting则表“令人觉得有趣的”,分别有下列用法:
be interested in… 对……感兴趣;对……感到关心的
It is interesting to V ……是令人觉得有趣的
[例] Frank is interested in reading English novels.
(弗兰克对读英文小说感兴趣。)
It is always interesting to learn new skills.
(学新的技能总是很有趣。)
根据上述,空格后有介词in,根据语意及用法,得知(B)应为正选。