________ the general state of his health, it may take him a while to recover from the operation.

A.Having given

B.To give

C.Giving

D.Given

答案及解析： D

本题句意是：鉴于他健康的整体情况，要从手术中恢复过来还需要一段时间。此处的given是介词，意为“考虑到”。

因为句子主干的主语是it，指其后的to recover from the operation，因此用过去分词短语Given the general state…作状语。