The German athlete several attempts to beat the world record in high jumping decided to

问题补充：

The German athlete, several attempts to beat the world record in high jumping, decided to have another try.

A. to make

B. having made

C. making

D. made

答案：

A. to make

(答案→)B. having made

C. making

D. made

解析：考查现在分词完成式做状语：句意：尝试几次打破跳高世界纪录后，这个德国的运动员决定再试一下。说明是先尝试一次，然后决定再试，现在分词的完成式表示其动作在谓语动词的动作之前完成。选B。