一、我对此题的正误判断：

"The man preparing the documents is the firm's lawyer" has all the following possible meanings EXCEPT _______.

A.the man who has prepared the documents （误）

B.the man who has been preparing the documents （正）

C.the man who is preparing the documents （正）

D.the man who will prepare the documents （误）

此题要求选“错误的答案”一个，现在已经是两个。答案A 错误明显，为何忽略它？

二、网友观点的依据是“夸克的CGEL”。

根据网友的引述，该书的观点是：现在分词writing reports 作定语，在上下文语境中，可以与以下6句的定语从句相当。所以，网友认为：这道专四真题和CGEL举的例子几乎是一样的结构，那么按照CGEL讲的，我们不应该认为D是错误答案（我当时根据CGEL的理论选了B）。

[2] The person writing reports is my colleague.

[1a] The person who will write reports is my colleague.

[1b] The person who will be writing reports is my colleague.

[1c] The person who writes reports is my colleague.

[1d] The person who is writing reports is my colleague.

[1e] The person who wrote reports is my colleague.

[1f] The person who was writing reports is my colleague.

三、个人看法：

1.  我对夸克的上述观点，基本持否定态度。在 The person writing reports is my colleague. 这个句子中，writing reports 只表示进行意义，而且是现在进行。应结合句中谓语动词的时态一并考虑，句子的谓语动词是 is ，这决定了The person writing reports is my colleague. 只能和The person who is writing reports is my colleague. 匹配。

所以，夸克的这段话： The nonfinite clause "writing reports" in [2] may be interpreted, according to the context, as equivalent to one of the more explicit versions in [1a]-[1f].  本人实在无法苟同。假如夸克先生还健在而且能够相见的话，我一定让他给出这6个句子的语境、以及可以如此转换的例句。

2.  夸克还举了一个支持例句：You should look for a man carrying a large umbrella. ['who will be carrying a large umbrella'] ，以证明“现在分词作定语可以表示将来”（ [1b]）。

难道，语法大家也学会了“偷换概念”？ You should look for a man carrying a large umbrella. 能与The person writing reports is my colleague. 相提并论吗？

（1）should look for a man，这里should 虽然是情态动词，但表示“将来意义”。此人尚未找到，找到时你才能看见他携带一把伞，“携带伞”，肯定是将来的事情。

（2）The person is my colleague. 说明此人是我的同事。——“现在就是”，不是“将来是”。 系表结构用一般现在时，表示目前已客观存在。所以，在 The person writing reports is my colleague. 中，writing reports 必须体现“现在 + 进行”意义，与将来没有任何联系。所以，我认为，“此同事”非“彼持伞人”，前者现在眼前，后者尚未出现。

3.  网友 lightheart 提出的问题很尖锐，很好。但我要说的是，像夸克这样的语法大家不可能犯如此低级的错误。要么网友提供摘录的资料不完全，要么机械地理解了这个问题。