标题: OG 11-062中法律条文的解释 [打印本页] 作者: swimswan 时间: 2010-12-27 22:22 标题: OG 11-062中法律条文的解释
62. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates thatmunicipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
（A)reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump （B)reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping （C)reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
（D)reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump （E)reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
Verb form + Idiom
An agreement that occurred in 1972 is correctly described with the past tense verb reduced. Since the dumping continues into the present, the past perfect verb had been allowed should instead be the present are allowed. A Had been allowed should be are allowed
B The phosphate amount should be the amount ofphosphates; the meaning of the sentence is changed by the omission of any form ofallow
C The present tense reduces should be the past tensereduced; the phosphate amount should bethe amount ofphosphater, have been allowed should be are allowed
DCorrect. The past tense reduced is correctly used in this sentence to describe a past action, and the present tense are allowed is used to describe the present situation.
EThe present tense reduces should be the past tense reduced; allowed for dumping is an incorrect idiom;allowed for dumping by municipalities is awkward
（A)reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump （B)reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping （C)reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
（D)reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump （E)reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
Verb form + Idiom
An agreement that occurred in 1972 is correctly described with the past tense verb reduced. Since the dumping continues into the present, the past perfect verb had been allowed should instead be the present are allowed. A Had been allowed should be are allowed
B The phosphate amount should be the amount ofphosphates; the meaning of the sentence is changed by the omission of any form ofallow
C The present tense reduces should be the past tensereduced; the phosphate amount should bethe amount ofphosphater, have been allowed should be are allowed
DCorrect. The past tense reduced is correctly used in this sentence to describe a past action, and the present tense are allowed is used to describe the present situation.
EThe present tense reduces should be the past tense reduced; allowed for dumping is an incorrect idiom;allowed for dumping by municipalities is awkward
