[求助]T-9-Q24. 987-304这题怎么看呀？ - ChaseDream

For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

A. even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle

B. despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle

C. even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous

D. although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous

E. even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

这题我怎么都看不明白呢？答案c,我选的d，nn帮忙分析一下吧，这题是什么考点呢？

日本的GMAT似乎并不怎么太强大，不过这道题目他们解释的很好。
解答および解説

答えはCです。
Aは不正解。"if"節内で省略される主語が前節の主語"labor"になり意味がおかしい。また、"be able to"の主語は人や組織など意思のある主体以外は認められない。仮定過去"would"は現在の話になってしまう。これはあくまでも過去にそれが出現していたら驚くべきものと受け取られたに違いない、との話。

A错误。if从句中省略的主语从语法上是“labor",句意错误，be able to的主语只能是人或组织，不能是劳动。在现在时与句中出现would，时态错误。

Bは不正解。"despite --ing"は正解にならない。これも"being"の主語が"labor"になってしまい、Aと同様の問題を抱えている。もともと"being"は "of"等の直後や現在進行形の受動態"is being -ed"内部での使用以外は好まれない表現。"would"もAと同様に良くない。

B错误，despite 后面不加doing。而且being的主语是labor，和A同样的错误。being有时直接用在of后，或者is being done，表示现在进行的被动，除此两者之外用法不常见。另外would和A错误相同。

Cは正解。"they"は"many people"を指せるので、"can afford"の主語として適切。"would have found"も仮定法過去完了で、もし昔だったら"miraculous"であっただろう、との意味。これも適切。

C正确。they指代many people，是can afford的主语。would have found是虚拟的现在完成时，时态正确。miraculous句意贴切。

Dは不正解。"could"の時制が"remains"に合っていない。現在時制になるべき。逆に過去の想定上の話である"would..."以下はA, Bと同様に仮定法過去完了になるべき。

D错误。could是过去时，和remains时态冲突。这里应改为现在时。后面应该为虚拟的完成式。

Eは不正解。"are able to afford"自体は悪くないがややWORDY。"miracle"の名詞表現も堅い。一般的に名詞表現は形容詞表現に劣る。器具自体を"miracle"と呼ぶのもやや不自然。"which"の制限用法は正解が非常に少ない。

E错误。are able to afford 繁复荣誉。miracle名词性强。一般用名词代替形容词的意思不好，而且家用电器也不应该说是miracle。which的限定性定于从句用法正确的可能性很低。

我并不在日本。只是搜索这个问题的时候查到的日文解释，就引用过来了。日语是初心者，有理解错的地方还请ls兄弟多多指点

In spite of and despite mean exactly the same thing. They also have the same gramatical structures.

in spite of/despite + -ing form, subject + verb
- Despite being cheaper, the supermarket is further away
- In spite of being cheaper, the supermarket is further away
in spite of/despite + -the fact (that), subject + verb, subject + verb
- Despite the fact (that) it's cheaper, the supermarket is further away.
- In spite of the fact (that) it's cheaper, the supermarket is further away.
in spite of/despite + noun, subject + verb
- Despite its cheapness, the supermarket is further away.
- In spite of its cheapness, the supermarket is further away.

For all of these structures, we can put in spite of / despite in the middle of the sentence: The supermarket is further away despite being cheaper.