To make believe that there was still someone in the house the housewife went downstairs

问题补充：

To make believe that there was still someone in the house, the housewife went downstairs, the lights in the living room.

A. left; burnt

B. leaving; burning

C. leaving; burnt

D. left; being burnt

答案：

A. left; burnt

(答案→)B. leaving; burning

C. leaving; burnt

D. left; being burnt

解析：这题考查非谓语动词，第一空填leaving是现在分词做结果状语，第二空填burning是现在分词做宾语补足语，词组是leave +宾语+现在分词，表示动词和宾语是主动关系，句意是：为了让人相信房间里还有人，他妻子去楼下，让起居室的灯一直亮着。选B。