2019年mpa考试英语真题——非谓语动词306

{01}Every great culture in the past had its own ideas of beauty _________ in art and architecture．
A.expressed
B.to express
C.express
D.expressing
解析：express用过去分词形式作宾补，表示与beauty是被动关系，这是一个have sth．done句式，意为“使某事被做”。句意：每一个过去伟大的文化都会使它美的观念在艺术和建筑中得到表达。
本题选A。

{02}When I opened the door, I found my father sitting in his chair, completely ________ in the humorous stories he was reading．
A.absorbed
B.losing
C.attracted
D.busy
解析：考查动词短语结构的辨析。be absorbed in全神贯注于，专心于。B项应为be lost in, C项attracted应为be attracted by，而busy(in)doing sth．忙于做某事。
本题选A。