题目

——what made her so sad at that time?she kept crying all the time.___（ ）to the ball
我在不同的试卷上都碰见过这题,一个答案是选not be invited,另一个是not having been invited,到底选哪个,我个人倾向于后者,应为动名词作主语更合理些,但是在时态上我又感觉前者合适些,因为动作都是发生在过去,包括invite这一动作.

提问时间：2020-07-24

答案

Here "not having been invited" means "the fact that she had not been invited",meaning the result from the past is affecting her right now.In addition,you need a gerund to start a sentence here.So choo...