In the years____ ,Marx kept on using English until he could

題目：

In the years____ ,Marx kept on using English until he could write The French Civil War freely.
A.coming
B.to come
C.came
D.came up
給的參考答案是B

解答：

這題選B
因爲這個首先是非謂語的概念,In the years____ ,這部分不能出現動詞,因此直接排除CD
第二,表示未來幾年,用in the years to come,或者是in the coming years,
再問： 「In the years____」做什麼成分呢？
再答： 做狀語