1.——the meetl ng h i mself gave them a great deal ol encouragement.A.The president will attend B.The president to attend C.The president attending D.The president’s attending【解析】答案为D。动名词既具备动词的性质(可接自己的宾语、可被副词修饰),又具有名词的性质(在句中可作主语、宾语、表语等);前面还可以加上形容词性的物主代词my,his,her,youL our,their等或名词的所有格 1.——the meetl ng h i mself gave them a great deal ol encouragement.A.The president will attend B.The president to attend C.The president attending D.The president’s attending [Answer]The answer is D. The gerund has both the nature of the verb (which can be connected to its own object, can be modified by the adverb), and also has the nature of the noun (in the sentence can be used as the subject, object, predicative, etc.); in front of it can also add the adjective nature of the owner Pronouns my,his,her,youL our,their,etc