taste good还是taste to be good

请看下面一道题：

The boy said that the fish his mother cooked tasted _________.

A. good                   B. well                       C. to be good               D. to be well

答案B、D比较容易排除，因为其中的 well 是副词。但到底是应选A还是C呢，许多同学凭感觉认为 taste to be good 似乎很通顺，于是选了C。其实，错了，正确答案应是A。原因是用作连系动词的 taste 后习惯上不接to be。如：

我昨天买的橘子味道不错。

正：The oranges I bought yesterday tasted nice.

误：The oranges I bought yesterday tasted to be nice.

类似地，feel, smell, sound 等连系动词后习惯上也不接不定式 to be。如：

他说的话听起来很有道理。(from www.nmet168.com)

正：What he said sounded reasonable.

误：What he said sounded to be reasonable.

这些花很香。

正：The flowers smell sweet.

误：The flowers smell to be sweet.

比较：seem, appear, prove, turn out, continue 等连系动词后可以接不定式 to be，也可省略 to be。如：

He seems (to be) tired. 他似乎很疲倦了。

She appears (to be) angry. 她似乎很生气。

The news turned out (to be) false. 那消息结果是假的。

The weather continued (to be ) fine. 天气仍然很好。