标题: GWD5第13题 [打印本页] 作者: 花花臭臭 时间: 2012-10-3 19:30 标题: GWD5第13题 Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
A.the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a resultof residential and industrial development and of changes in
C.that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
D.in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E.in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
D.E it is not clear which part “ in the northern us” should be attached（ former or latter？）；also，vanishing is not parallel to the grassy fields
A .the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential （the vanishing here is a modifier！！not a subject，just look for the difference in vanishing among A,D,E ...In D,E vanishing is a subject） so，here the verb should be plural because of the plural subject sandpipers）
D. A that-clause cannot be compared to the noun
B is the best choice （ it tries to convey the grassy field is vanishing just as birds are）
here is the extra knowledge for the correct choice
itself is usually used to make some sorts of comparison with something that is not in the same category as the nouns （birds vs. grassy fields）