Question

The bridge, which _________ 1688, needs repairing.

A．is dated from

B．was dated from

C．dates from

D．dated from

Answer 1

C

因?yàn)?date from 的意思是“自某時(shí)起存在至今”(＝have existed since)，它通常用于一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，而不用過去時(shí)態(tài)(盡管其后接的總是表示過去的時(shí)間)。
但若所談?wù)摰臇|西現(xiàn)在已不復(fù)存在，則可用一般過去時(shí)。如：
The church, which dated from the 13th century, was destroyed in an earthquake two years ago. 那座教堂是13世紀(jì)建成的，兩年前在一次地震中被毀了。