标题: 请教一道prep里面的题 [打印本页] 作者: moontroy 时间: 2013-9-24 08:25 标题: 请教一道prep里面的题 Although beavers can still be found throughout the western United States, their number has declined
compared with the eighteenth century, when the abundance of beavers lured armies of European
trappers into the Rocky Mountain region to slaughter them for their pelts.
A. their number has declined compared with
B. their numbers have declined compared with
C. their numbers have declined since
D. their numbers have declined in comparison to those of
E. the number of them declined since
正确答案是C。了解其它选项分别错在哪里,但是正确选项要主语是复数their numbers,请问不应该是单数么?The number of beavers has declined since the 18th century.
多谢 作者: vertex顶点 时间: 2013-9-24 09:25
你做题的思路有问题,their number和their numbers都可以,但这不是解题点。首先看A,compared with the eighteenth century比较的对象不同,拿number和日期比较错误,排除;B一样,比较对象错误;C since反映出了前面的have declined这个现在完成时,正确; D中in comparison to awkward的用法,并且those有指代前面beavers的歧义而不是指代numbers,排除;E中的since是现在完成时的标志词,用过去式declined错误;