The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina. A. shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days
B. shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach New York City, and also another eleven days
C. shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New York City and another eleven days
D. shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach New York City and another eleven days in addition
E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days
本人选滴是C但是答案是E，不知道是不是因为C用了被动语态，而且比较啰嗦？？
望高人指教，顺便也把每个选项分析一下吧，造福后人~作者: kking 时间: 2010-8-7 00:01
A. which指代news，不可数，应用was.此外 another 与 additional 重复。 B. in order 应删去。此外comma和also也是没有必要 C. 同样were错 D. in order 错，another ..addition 重复。