题目

The discovery of new evidence led to         . A.the thief having caught                 B.caught the thief C.the thief’s being caught               D.the thief to be caught    答案：C本题考查带逻辑主语的动名词短语的用法。lead to意为 “导致;致使” ，to是介词，后接名词或动名词,排除B项。“被抓住”是discovery的结果，发生在后，不需要用完成时态。