【4月28日语法题目】

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1. Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison.
(A) did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(B) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was
(C) had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was
(D) have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that of
(E) had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of

As it is used in the opening clause, the past perfect verb tense indicates that  an action in the past was completed before another action in the past: once Xhad happed, then Y happened. To maintain proper verb sequence, the verb in the main clause must therefore be in the simple past tense .when doubt is used in a negative context such as there is no doubt or he does not doubt ,it should be followed by that.

As it is used in the opening clause, the past perfect verb tense indicates that an action in the past was completed before another action in the past: Once x had happened, then y happened. To maintain proper verb sequence, the verb in the main clause must therefore be in the simple past tense. When doubt is used in a negative context such as there is no doubt or he does not doubt, it should be followed by that. A dead body cannot be a man; the body is that of a man.

第一步：主谓宾  应该用一般过去时，AE
第二步：the body of the man E 好一点‘

2. 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

This sentence ,explaining interconnections among a number of events, needs to be streamlined as much as possible in order to become understandable. To this end, unnecessay words and structures should be eliminated.Prominent among these are the relative clauses begining with that. additionally, the subject of this sentence is the plural trenches, which requires a plural verb.

第一步： the first trenches have yielded strong evidence
第二步： but also ,没找到not only，选择but E

3. Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.
(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

Conditional constructions require specific verb tenses. For a past condition, the subordinate clause introduced by if uses the past indicative, and the mian clause uses the conditional if x happened, then y would happen.

3. The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
(A) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
(B) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
(C) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
(D) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
(E) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is

The subject of the sentence is the 32 species that make up the dolphin family ,and the sentence makes two claims about them: They are closely related, and they include the killer whale. The relative pronoun which restates the object of the second verb, reintroducing the animal known as the killer whale as the subject of a relative clause followed by two parallel verbs: can grow and is famous .

第一步：and 前后并列 include 排DE
第二步：BC指代不清。

4. In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.
(A) act as a buffer, so that it absorbs
(B) act like a buffer so as to absorb
(C) act as a buffer, absorbing
(D) acting as a buffer, absorbing
(E) acting like a buffer, absorb

第一步： 看到and 前面寻并列 act 排acting
第二步： absorbing and protecting

5. Doctors generally agree that such factors as cigarette smoking, eating rich foods high in fats, and alcohol consumption not only do damage by themselves but also aggravate genetic predispositions toward certain diseases.
(A) not only do damage by themselves but also  aggravate
(B) do damage by themselves but also are  aggravating to
(C) are damaging by themselves but also are  aggravating
(D) not only do damage by themselves, they are  also aggravating to
(E) are doing damage by themselves, and they are  also aggravating

not only.....but also....