标题: prep2008 Q168 动作的发出者非人 [打印本页] 作者: blueday5 时间: 2012-2-1 10:38 标题: prep2008 Q168 动作的发出者非人 168. 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
答案是E
(E) 的 "took"，我觉得此动作的发出者是前面未划线的 "news" 同语法笔记201题(A)的说明→ by someone修饰动词
此处by swift messenger 修饰 took，语意变成 -- "news" 通过swift messenger 把自己送到NYC
【TIME/MONEY/EFFORT ETC】 [I and T] if something takes a particular amount of time, money, effort etc, that amount of time etc is needed for it to happen or succeed How long is this going to take ? Organizing a successful street party takes a lot of energy.