Until recently, the Inuit people led a nomadic existence, sheltering in igloos, the ice-block domes that are peculiar to north-central
A. Until recently, the Inuit people led a nomadic existence, sheltering
B. During recent times, the Inuit people lead a nomadic existence, sheltering.
C. In the times that are recent, the Inuit people led a nomadic existence, sheltered.
D. Up until recently, the Inuit people, leading a nomadic existence, have sheltered.
E. Until recent times, leading a nomadic existence, the Inuit people were sheltered.
Hi guys,
I need your help, please.
I pick up A but the given answer is D. I don't have any problem with "up until". Obviously, it's a right idiom. I have problem with D, because, "shelter" is used as the "verb". I don't think it a correct way to put "shelter" in the predicate position by shifting "lead" to another position. "Shelter" is better to be adverbial modifier. So A seems to be more convincing to me. Somebody may argue that, "until" indicates a perfect tense, but I have to say that until can be also used in past tense.
Open to disscuss for all your insighful thoughs and inspiring comments.
如果up until可以使用。那D对的可能性就比较大了。。。
第一：until并不能说明一定要用完成时态，但until recently推荐用完成时态，recently清楚的表明了时间关系。
第二：虽然有不要轻易改变句子重心的原则，但是这个原句在结构上感觉不太好，修饰成分大于句子主干
这题你也对了,有人google到了原话,就是A
D错误多多
1.把谓语和伴随的状语交换,改变句意
2.leading a nomadic existence修饰摇摆,不好
3.Until recently可以用过去时也可以用现完
用中文,别人还以为你是老外呢,嘻嘻
如果up until可以使用。那D对的可能性就比较大了。。。
第一：until并不能说明一定要用完成时态，但until recently推荐用完成时态，recently清楚的表明了时间关系。
第二：虽然有不要轻易改变句子重心的原则，但是这个原句在结构上感觉不太好，修饰成分大于句子主干
第二 我觉得头小身子大好像没有关系,怕就怕头大身子小就不好了
谢谢顾风，孟明
倒，哪岂不是说我也做对了，这题。。。。
不过我是通过up until判断的，因为没见过。。。
不过你说leading的修饰问题，我觉得这个不是什么问题。。。
until recently 就是说动作已经停止了， 是吧？那就不能用完成时了吧？？
这题你也对了,有人google到了原话,就是A
D错误多多
1.把谓语和伴随的状语交换,改变句意
2.leading a nomadic existence修饰摇摆,不好
3.Until recently可以用过去时也可以用现完
用中文,别人还以为你是老外呢,嘻嘻
谢谢BB, 说得有道理
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顶呀顶
I don't know what you mean
but in D, I think it is from a relative clause
Hence, the original sentence should be
Up until recently, the Inuit people, who lead a nomadic existence, have sheltered...
翻成中文就明白了，意思还是很重要的。
直到最近，过着游牧生活的（修饰语）因纽特人（主）仍住在（谓）圆顶屋（宾）中BLA BLA BLA
D
偶也选了A，但如果up until recently是习惯用法的话，那从意思来看，的确D比较合理。
1.A中sheltering所带的伴随状语太长，而且感觉跟until recently的关系很疏离，挺怪的。
2。until recently后面还是用完成时比较妥当
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2DB153BF931A15751C1A963948260
應是A
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=36796&sid=13602c803ea208f8fcdf4daf5155434f
gmat club的討論連結…
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Collins was arrested for sheltering enemy soldiers.Plant herbs next to a wall to shelter them from the wind.
We sat in the shade, sheltering from the sun.我也Google到原句。不过更重要的是，The Columbia Guide to Standard American English 中说道：
up until is a compound preposition that means the same as until, as in We can stay until [up until] Thursday. Limit it to Conversational and Informal and Semiformal use, until by itself is more appropriate in most Edited English.
Until recently, trade flows were of interest mainly to economic experts and executives of large corporations, but since the past few years, the movement of goods and services across national boundaries have become the subject of intense public attention all over the world.
偶也选了A，但如果up until recently是习惯用法的话，那从意思来看，的确D比较合理。
1.A中sheltering所带的伴随状语太长，而且感觉跟until recently的关系很疏离，挺怪的。
2。until recently后面还是用完成时比较妥当
D中的sheltering如果修饰人的话，最好放前面
还是支持A
支持A.
并且认为A和D的意思完全不同.
A中until recently,+ 过去时,说明Inuit人目前已不再居住在冰房子里了.
D中的up until recently + 完成时,说明Inuit人目前还住在冰房子里. 而且,即使要表达这样的意思,也应该用up till recently,不能用untill.
为了验证我的观点,特地查了查Inuit人现在是否还住在冰房子里,结果:
80％的因纽特人住在城镇，从事渔业、建筑业和
果然他们现在不再住冰房子了.
同意28楼
从testmagic上搜出来了N人800Bob的解释:
"Up until" is wordy and informal. But worse, the present perfect "have sheltered" is simply wrong. "Until recently" means that they lived that way in the past, but they do no longer.
选A
动作分词作伴随状语in...and in...
until recently的表达明显要强于其他
A
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