Q20:
Not only didthe systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland(especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive housesand furniture, but it alsocaused erosion and very quickly deforested whole regions.
- A.Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also
- B.Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also
- C.The systematic clearing of forests in the United States, creating farmland (especially in the Northeast) and giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also
- D.The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also
- E.The systematic clearing of forests in the United States not only created farmland (especially in the Northeast), giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it
- 正答：A
- 误答：D，not only...but also...不是递进含义吗？但是这个句子的意思不是转折关系吗？
Q24:
A March 2000Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter ofall foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for anycountry to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country’sforeign-born population was from Germany.
- A.the largest share for any country to contribute
- B.the largest share that any country has contributed
- C.which makes it the largest share for any country to contribute
- D.having the largest share to be contributed by any country
- E.having the largest share to have been contributed by any country
- 正答：B
- 不能区分AB和CD这两种修饰形式的优劣，为什么不能选择ing形式的修饰呢？
Q32:
At the annualstockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challengesfacing the company, including among them the threat from a rival’smultibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales forthe company’s powerful microprocessor chip.
- A.including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for
- B.which includes the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and declining sales of
- C.included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
- D.among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of
- E.among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales for
- 正答：C
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