标题: OG12 Diagnostic Test 43 [打印本页] 作者: 宜风 时间: 2012-2-25 11:05 标题: OG12 Diagnostic Test 43 43. Despite the increasing number of women graduating from law school and passing bar examinations, the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women have not risen to a comparable extent. (A) the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women have not risen to a comparable extent (B) the proportion of women judges and partners at major law firms have not risen comparably (C) the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably (D) yet the proportion of women judges and partners at major law firms has not risen to a comparable extent (E) yet the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably 官方解释： When a number of plural nouns appear in phrases between a singular subject and the verb, it can be easy to overlook the true subject of the verb. Here, judges, partners, firms, and women all occur between the singular subject, proportion, and the verb, which should also be singular, has risen. Concise expression is particularly important in a long construction; to a comparable extent may be more concisely expressed as comparably. A Plural verb, have risen, does not agree with the singular subject, proportion. B Have risen does not agree with proportion; here, women applies only to judges, not to partners at major law firms. C Correct. In this sentence, has risen agrees with proportion, and comparably is more concise than to a comparable extent. The modifying clause who are women follows (1) judges and (2) partners at major law firms as closely as is possible given the content of the sentence; this positioning has the virtue of being clear in its meaning. D Th e contrast has already been introduced by despite, so the addition of yet is illogical and ungrammatical; to a comparable extent is wordy. E Despite introduces the contrast; adding yet is illogical and results in an ungrammatical construction. Th e correct answer is C. 1. B答案的解释说women只能修饰judges，我不明白为什么不能既修饰judeges又修饰partnes 2. 正确答案C中at major law firms 和 who are women修饰的只是partners，还是judges and partners，为什么？ 谢谢各位~作者: anyany024 时间: 2012-2-25 12:19
1. B答案的解释说women只能修饰judges，我不明白为什么不能既修饰judeges又修饰partnes