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1.(7-4)Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.
A.movies—less than those
B.movies—fewer than have been
C.movies, which is less than those
D.movies, a number lower than the people
E.movies, fewer than the ones前后时态平行

2.(7-13)Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
A.the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
C.that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
D.in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E.in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing.

3.(7-15)The city has proposed a number of water treatment and conservation projects the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that even environmentalists are beginning to raise alarms.
A.the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that
B.at a cost raising water bills so high that
C.at a cost which raises water bills high enough so
D.whose cost will raise water bills so high that
E.whose cost will raise water bills high enough so that.

4.(7-40)Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.
A.because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B.with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C.because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D.due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
E.due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will.
前后时态平行

5.(4-34)Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.
A.based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
B.based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of
C.and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
D.and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting
E.and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited.

6.(13-1)Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was televised nationwide.
A.later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was
B.later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which were
C.later in the Untied States House of Representatives, it was not until 1974 that Barbara Jordan became a nationally recognized figure, with her participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was
D.then also later in the United States House of Representatives, not until 1974 did Barbara Jordan become a nationally recognized figure, as she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, being
E.then also later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was.

7.(7-20)The first trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.
A.that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
B.that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously with but also
C.having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously but
D.cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence of centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but also
E.cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously with but

8.(9-1)A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer’s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
A.Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B.Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C.a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D.a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Mane.
E.a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

9.(9-2)In an attempt to produce premium oysters, a firm in Scotland has developed a prototype of a submersible oyster farm, sitting below the surface of the ocean, and it provides ideal conditions for the mollusks’growth.
A.farm, sitting below the surface of the ocean, and it provides
B.farm, sitting below the surface of the ocean for providing
C.farm that sits below the surface of the ocean and providing
D.farm that sits below the surface of the ocean and provides
E.farm that is sitting below the surface of the ocean and it provides

10.(9-3)Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous wireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee.
A.Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people
B.As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile phones became increasingly common, many people
C.In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile phones have become increasingly common, there are many people
D.With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile phones becoming increasingly common, many people are
E.While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are.

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Day150
1.(7-4)Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.
A.movies—less than those
B.movies—fewer than have been
C.movies, which is less than those which修饰的成分不对
D.movies, a number lower than the people
E.movies, fewer than the ones 不是seven people fewer than
D  破折号的用法，排除AB
B 首先是比较的话时态要一致，所以派出了ACDE，除此之外dash是表示强调
2.(7-13)Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
A.the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
C.that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
D.in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E.in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing.
E 这题不确定，初步判断是LIKE的比较成分首先要在逻辑上成立
B 这题对比的两样东西都vanishing 所以是B
3.(7-15)The city has proposed a number of water treatment and conservation projects the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that even environmentalists are beginning to raise alarms.
A.the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that
B.at a cost raising water bills so high that
C.at a cost which raises water bills high enough so
D.whose cost will raise water bills so high that
E.whose cost will raise water bills high enough so that.
B 考点是whose不能指代非人的物品
D  并且at the cost of doing sth
Grammar Point: Only ‘Who’ can be used for humans. ‘Who’ cannot be used for anything or any other than humans. However, ‘whose’ can be used for humans as well as for other lower animates such as cattle, birds, or so on. ‘Whose’ can also be used for inanimate ones like tables and projects. This is because there is no other word than ‘whose’ that can replace it, while still carrying the possessive meaning.
4.(7-40)Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.
A.because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B.with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C.because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D.due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
E.due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will.
A

5.(4-34)Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.
A.based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
B.based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of
C.and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
D.and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting
E.and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited.
B  后面还有平行问题  such X's as Y Y is a typical example of the X's being described

6.(13-1)Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was televised nationwide.
A.later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was
B.later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which were
C.later in the Untied States House of Representatives, it was not until 1974 that Barbara Jordan became a nationally recognized figure, with her participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was
D.then also later in the United States House of Representatives, not until 1974 did Barbara Jordan become a nationally recognized figure, as she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, being
E.then also later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was.
B











7.(7-20)The first trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.
A.that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
B.that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously with but also
C.having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously but
D.cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence of centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but also
E.cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously with but
B  首先是主被动
E 首先单复数，排除掉BD  In English, we say "evidence of," "evidence that," or "evidence which," but we do NOT say "evidence for."
8.(9-1)A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer’s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
A.Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B.Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C.a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D.a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Mane.
E.a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
A， 破折号修饰的是前面的名词
E
9.(9-2)In an attempt to produce premium oysters, a firm in Scotland has developed a prototype of a submersible oyster farm, sitting below the surface of the ocean, and it provides ideal conditions for the mollusks’growth.
A.farm, sitting below the surface of the ocean, and it provides
B.farm, sitting below the surface of the ocean for providing
C.farm that sits below the surface of the ocean and providing
D.farm that sits below the surface of the ocean and provides
E.farm that is sitting below the surface of the ocean and it provides
D， 首先判断哪个用法可以直接修饰farm






10.(9-3)Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous wireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee.
A.Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people
B.As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile phones became increasingly common, many people 没有主语
C.In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile phones have become increasingly common, there are many people 不平行
D.With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile phones becoming increasingly common, many people are
E.While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are. 同时发生的时态
D  不确定