【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day121

2.(202)It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritonesingers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to thepopularization of a type of romantic, soothing singing that came to be called“crooning.”

A. It was not long after the1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbocontributed to （一开始主要不理解commenced是什么意思。。。还在想一个年代怎么去动作，结果commence是开始的意思。。。C中的like错误，这里是列举such as没问题）

B. Not long after the commencement of the decade of the 1930s, baritone singerssuch as Bing Crosby and also Russ Columbo decided to contribute in

C. Not long after the1930s commenced, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributedto

D. Not long after the beginning of the 1930s commencement, baritone singerslike Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed to

E. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that baritone singers such as BingCrosby and Russ Columbo had contributed in

4.(204)Although they are less obvious, termites does significantly moredamage to homes than branches from trees.
A. termites does significantly more damage to homes than
B. termites do the most damage to significant homes than do
C. the termite does significantly more damage to homes as do
D. termites dosignificantly more damage to homes than
E. termites do significantlymore damage to homes than do

要仔细阅读比较的对象，这里比较的是more damage，本来误读了意思，以为就是白蚁对房子和白蚁对数造成的伤害。。。结果是树枝对房子造成的伤害。

7.(207)Whena passenger aircraft crashed in the jungles near the village of Triskiti, localtribesmen collected pieces of the broken plane before they could be carefullyexamined where they had fallen, unintentionally thwarting the effortsof investigators that already were made difficult by the remoteness of thecrash site.

A. unintentionallythwarting the efforts of investigators that already were made difficult by theremoteness of

B. unintentionally thwarting theefforts of investigators, which already were made difficult by the remotenessof
这题还没搞明白为什么选B，A中的that指代efforts，而且这里是特指，应该选A啊？

Day121

1.(201)Red-light cameras, originally implemented in an attempt at increasing the safety of intersections, have been precisely the opposite: drivers are afraid of expensive citations and often brake suddenly as they approach camera-equipped intersections, so they cause rear-end accidents.

(A) in an attempt at increasing the safety of intersections, have been precisely the opposite: drivers are afraid of expensive citations and often brake suddenly as they approach camera-equipped intersections, so they cause

(B) while attempting to increase safety at intersections, have had a precisely opposite effect: drivers, who are afraid of expensive citations, often brake suddenly as they approach camera-equipped intersections, thus causing

(C) in attempting to increase safety in intersections, have precisely had the opposite effect: drivers fear expensive citations, approach camera-equipped intersections, often brake suddenly, and cause

这边的in attempting要找回主语，所以便成 camera in attempting to

(D) as attempts to increase intersections' safety, are precisely the opposite: afraid of expensive citations, drivers approach camera-equipped intersections and brake suddenly, thus causing

(E) in an attempt to increase safety at intersections, have had precisely the opposite effect: fearing expensive citations, drivers approaching camera-equipped intersections often brake suddenly, causing

E A没有说明opposite what，同理排除掉D 确实precisely的位置也是一个考点

2.(202)It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to the popularization of a type of romantic, soothing singing that came to be called “crooning.”

A. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to

B. Not long after the commencement of the decade of the 1930s, baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and also Russ Columbo decided to contribute in

C. Not long after the 1930s commenced, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to

D. Not long after the beginning of the 1930s commencement, baritone singers like Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed to

E. It was not long after the 1930s commenced that baritone singers such as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo had contributed in

A contribute to  

Such… as也是可以的

3.(203)Law firms and other professional services groups, academic institutions, and research divisions often have informal talent marketplaces where senior employees strive to identify the best employees junior to them and the junior employees compete for the assignments that they find most attractive.

A. where senior employees strive to identify the best employees junior to them and the junior employees compete for the assignments that they find most attractive

B. in which senior employees strive and identify the best junior employees and the junior employees compete for the assignments that they find most attractive

C. where senior employees strive to identify the best junior employees and the best junior employees compete for the most attractive assignments

D. that enable senior employees to strive and identify the best junior employees and the best junior employees compete for the most attractive assignments

E. in which senior employees strive to identify the best junior employees and the best junior employees compete for the most attractive assignments

3.E where 不能指代虚拟的东西，用in which， 然后strive to identify 不是平行的

  Where是用来指代physical location的

4.(204)Although they are less obvious, termites does significantly more damage to homes than branches from trees.

A. termites does significantly more damage to homes than

B. termites do the most damage to significant homes than do

C. the termite does significantly more damage to homes as do

D. termites do significantly more damage to homes than

E. termites do significantly more damage to homes than do

4. E 不确定后面这个do  这类比较还是要在系统学习一下

More /less than是固定搭配

5.(205)A recent study indicates that the powerful effects of random reinforcement, as evidenced by the multi-million dollar collectible card game industry, is no longer limited to casinos, test subjects and stock market investors.

A. A recent study indicates that the powerful effects of random reinforcement, as evidenced by the multi-million dollar collectible card game industry, is no longer limited to casinos, test subjects and stock market investors

B. No longer limited to casino patrons, test subjects and stock market investors, as evidenced by the multi-million dollar collectible card game industry, are the powerful effects of random reinforcement as indicated by a recent study

C. As evidenced by the multi-million dollar collectible card game industry, a recent study indicates that the powerful effects of random reinforcement are no longer limited to casinos, test subjects and stock market investors

D. A recent study indicates that the powerful effects of random reinforcement, as evidenced by the multi-million dollar card game industry, are no longer limited to casino patrons, test subjects and stock market investors

E. A recent study indicates that the powerful effects of random reinforcement, as evidenced by the multi-million dollar collectible card game industry, is no longer limited to casino patrons, test subjects and stock market investors

5.D 根据句意可以排除掉BC，然后根据subject-noun 选择D

6.(206)The new rules in the school's code of conduct—including penalties for children hoarding candy and rewards for those sharing it—has been criticized to encourage children to share opportunistically rather than altruistically.

A. hoarding candy and rewards for those sharing it—has been criticized to encourage

B. who hoard candy and reward those who share—have been criticized for encouraging

C. hoarding candy and rewarding them when they share—have been criticized because of encouraging

D. hoarding candy, rewarding those who share it—has been criticized for encouraging

E. who hoard candy and rewards for those who share it—have been criticized on the grounds that they encourage

6. E  首先是平行and，然后是真正的主语是the new rules所以subjet-verb 这里需要用have

7.(207)When a passenger aircraft crashed in the jungles near the village of Triskiti, local tribesmen collected pieces of the broken plane before they could be carefully examined where they had fallen, unintentionally thwarting the efforts of investigators that already were made difficult by the remoteness of the crash site.

A. unintentionally thwarting the efforts of investigators that already were made difficult by the remoteness of

B. unintentionally thwarting the efforts of investigators, which already were made difficult by the remoteness of

C. unintentionally thwarting the efforts of investigators, that had already been were made difficult by the remoteness of

D. unintentionally thwarting the efforts of investigators, and already were made difficult by the remoteness of

E. unintentional in thwarting the efforts of investigators, and already were made difficult by the remote location of

7. C 句意不是很理解

B ，然后记得that是不能指代人 which有时候可以跳着指代

8.(208)Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons for display, dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling with its mouthparts to strip the bone of any residual fat or muscle tissue.

A. dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling

B. dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and pull

C. the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses in order to pull

D. the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling

E. the dermestid beetle feeds on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses and it pulls

8. D 首先是单复数 pull是feed的一部分，不是独立的

9.(209)Unsolicited electronic junk mail, also termed spam, has hurt companies by both draining company resources used to combat the problem and diminishing employee productivity.

(A) both draining company resources used to combat the problem and diminishing employee productivity

(B) draining both company resources used to combat the problem and diminishing employee productivity

(C) draining both company resources used to combat the problem and diminishing how productive its employees are

(D) both draining company resources used to combat the problem and the productivity of employees is diminished

(E) both draining company resources used to combat the problem and diminishing how productive its employees are

9. A both…and

10.(210)In La Plata, Argentina, one of the first cities that was offering the public complimentary wireless Internet access; anyone with a wireless-enabled device can access the Internet from virtually any location in the downtown area

A) that was offering the public complimentary wireless Internet access; anyone with a wireless-enabled device can

B) has offered complimentary wireless Internet access to the public; with a wireless-enabled device, anyone can

C) to offer complimentary wireless Internet access to the public, anyone with a wireless-enabled device may

D) offering the public complimentary wireless Internet access, enabling anyone with a wireless-enabled device to

E) offers to the public complimentary wireless Internet access, which, with a wireless-enabled device, allows anyone to

10. B   E看不出哪里有问题就是觉得which不知道指代什么

C

注意：现在完成时，如果句子里有明显的time marker，那表示的是过去持续到现在，但如果没有time marker，那就无法确认是不是现在还存在

One of the first to 也是固定搭配要记住