大全-732 The distinctive hereditary tartans that are alleged to be worn since antiquity by members of the Highland clans were in fact designed by Scottish woolen manufacturers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (A) that are alleged to be worn (B) alleged to have been worn (C) that are worn, it was alleged (D) alleged as having been worn (B) (E) that are worn, allegedly 大全-748 The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms. (A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms (B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared (C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared (D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease(B) (E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear Choice A does not clarify the timing of events but rather suggests that a few people continue to recover indefinitely. In B, the best choice, have recovered and have appeared indicate that the action of recovery is completed rather than ongoing. In choice C, the impersonal construction ( there are ) is needlessly wordy; moreover, the placement of known wrongly implies that the issue is whether the people rather than the instances of recovery are known. Choice D further confuses matters by placing the after phrase well before recovered, the verb it modifies. Choice E is indirect and unidiomatic. The question is of average difficult.
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