请教大家三个我不理解的地方

iselibra · 发表于 2003-10-31 14:35:00

In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade the public to

use public transportation, mass transit has been steadily losing patronage to the private automobile for the past thirty

years.
(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade
(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading
(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade
(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade
(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading
答案给的是D，这题看上去没什么思路，那位大哥能给我理一下么？
另外，in spite of 和 despite是否可以混用？
谢谢

That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault: Alvin

Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in

1970.
(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault
(B) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault
(C) It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology
(D) It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology
(E) The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said
这题我选的B，答案说是D。
请问这一题的考点是什么？怎样的思路
谢谢

Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electro-magnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on the surface of the

Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun’s poles or equator.
(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on
(B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the Sun
(C) appear on the surface of the Sun as dark spots although never sighted at
(D) appear as dark spots on the surface of the Sun, although never having been sighted at
(E) appear as dark spots on the Sun’s surface, which have never been sighted on
这题我觉得AC都可以阿，为什么只能选择C呢？
谢谢大家了！

super_lee · 发表于 2003-10-31 14:57:00

偶来乱答一下，大家再讨论讨论。
1、in spite of介词短语，作状语，这样前句就变成状语从句，主句的主语也是前句的主语，不通。所以，in spite of 错。 despite做连词，这样从平行对等上考察就可以了。因此最终选D.
2、can hardly be said to be at fault 的主语是什么？从这里切入。A、B都太乱了。D看起来就比较清晰了。
3、欧也不太明白~~，请高手指教。

juliette · 发表于 2003-10-31 15:25:00

I think the key of the first one is paralle structure.
massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems :major local efforts
is the perfect parallesm that ETS prefers.
massively, locally is not good here to be used.

cthd007 · 发表于 2003-10-31 16:17:00

some thoughts for your reference, may not be right.

3.

In C: sunspots appear (show up, you may or may not see it) on some place...never sighted (invisible) on other place.

Appear is a verb

e.g. a plane apprears in the sky, but it's awkward to say a plane is visible in the sky.

visible is adj, which normally modifies abstract noun, such as visible changes, visible solution, visible object .

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iselibra · 发表于 2003-11-1 00:35:00

谢谢大家的回答
可是第一第三题还是不太明白
能否说得更加清楚些

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