Even as a girl, ______ to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teachers.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】考查句子结构。从Even as a girl可知本句主语应该是人,而后面有两个to be构成并列结构,只有D符合句式要求并且语法正确。A句中主语为performing,谓语为were,主谓不一致,属语法错误;C句中主语为knowing,谓语为were,也是主谓不一致;此外performing和knowing也都不可能作为a girl的逻辑主语。而B虽然语法正确,但主语是it,也不能作为as短语的逻辑主语。