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单选题The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country, _____ by the police each time.A had been capturedB being always capturedC only to be capturedD unfortunately captured
题目
had been captured
being always captured
only to be captured
unfortunately captured
参考答案和解析
句意：这三个人多次试图偷偷越过边境溜入邻国，却每次都被警察逮住。only to be反而，结果却，不料。前后两分句之间为转折关系，必须用only to be的结构来凸显此意。
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