Returning to my room, ____. A. my watch was missing B. the watch was missed C. I found my watch missing D. I found my watch disappeared
有一本书对答案 C 作了如下解答：“为现在分词作宾语补足语的用法。”
请问上面的 missing 是现在分词吗？现在分词应具有主动意义，例如：We seem to be missing two chairs. 我们好像丢了两把椅子。所以，我认为上面的 missing 应改为 missed。
把所有的具有-ing形式的形容词统统看作是现在分词,这是我国中学英语教学上的一个误区。这种教法常常使我们老师处于不能自圆其说的尴尬境地。实际上,英语里有不少具有-ing形式的词其实是形容词(见interested, disappointing, excited)。上题中的missing便是一个形容词,作“缺少的”“找不到的”“失踪的”解:
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I've found those missing papers. 我已找到了所缺的那些文件。
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The book had two pages missing/two missing pages. 那本书缺两页。
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Are you sure that there are no pages missing, and that it is just like the others, only second-hand? 您能保证这一本没有缺页，和其它的书一样，只不过是二手货吗？
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After he left the firm, we found that a lot of important documents were missing. 在他离开公司以后，我们发现许多重要文件不见了。
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Hundreds of missing persons are reported to the police every week. 每个星期警方都收到有关数百个失踪者的报告。
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About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing. 旅行开始时被拴在船下面的人大约有三分之一已经不见了。
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When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. （全国高考，91－阅读 A）当银行丢了一些钱的时候，人们认为是欧·享利偷的。
missed 是 miss 的过去分词,用作定语或表语时,作“错过的”“漏掉的”解。因此,上句中的 missing 不能改为 missed:
An opportunity missed is gone for ever. 丢掉的机会是永不会再来的。
[注意]形容词 missing 可以放在名词之后,如例 2 和例 3。
请做下面的英语试题：
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She went from room to room, checking, and found her camera and spare watch ____. A. losing B. missing C. leaving D. disappearing(全国高考,92-48)
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When she got home, she found the window ____ and something ____. A. to open; missed B. opening; losing C. open; missing D. opened; disappearing (高考模拟题,96-29)
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She returned home from the market only to find the door open and a number of things ____. A. stole B. missing C. missed D. stealing (全国成人高考,96-23)
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He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons ____ from his coat. A. losing B. leaving C. missing D. missed
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The ____ boy was last seen ____ near the East Lake. A. missing ... playing B. missing ... play C. missed ... played D. missed ... to play(上海高考,00-39)