12道zhenti

奉献真题12道。由于没有正确答案，请大家讨论。

1. In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women's property laws.

A. arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights

B. arguing in a treatise for equal political and legal rights for women

C. a treatise that advocates women's equal political and legal rights

D. a treatise advocating women's equal political and legal rights

E. a treatise that argued for equal political and legal rights for women

My answer: E

2. In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey, with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to the United States.

B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it that goes

C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it going

D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes

E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

My answer: E

3. In the early part of the twentieth century, many vacationers found that driving automobiles and sleeping in tents allowed them to enjoy nature close at hand and tour at their own pace, with none of the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or with the formalities, expenses, and impersonality of hotels.

B. with none of the restrictions of passenger trains, railroad timetables, nor

C. without the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables nor

D. without the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or with the

E. without the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or the

My answer: E

4. Critical-thinking instructions is predicted on two assumptions: that there are clearly identifiable thinking skills that students can be taught to recognized and apply appropriately, and if recognized and applied, students will become more effective thinkers.

B. if these skills are recognized and applied, that students

C. if students recognize and apply them, that they

D. that if recognized and applied, students

E. that if students recognize and apply these skills, they

My answer: E

5. Because they can reproduce several times each year and produce large numbers of offspring, many insect species can generally adapt quickly to changes in their environment.

B. Because of many insect species' ability of reproducing several times a year, along with producing large numbers of offspring, thus they

C. Because they can reproduce yearly several times, along with producing offspring in large numbers, so many inset species

D. Due to their capability to reproduce several times yearly and to produce large numbers of offspring, many insect species

E. Due to their ability of reproducing several times yearly and to produce offspring of large numbers, many insect species

My answer: A

6. According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value of meat from wild animals and meat from domesticated animals, wild animals have less total fat than do livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat they think is good for cardiac health.

B. wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat thought to be

C. wild animals have less total fat than that of livestock fed on grain and have more fat of a kind thought to be

D. total fat of wild animals is less than livestock fed on grain and they have more fat of a kind thought to be

E. total fat is less in wild animals than that of livestock fed on grain and more of their fat is of a kind they think is

My answer: C

7. In his experiments with gravity, Isaac Newton showed how the motion of each planet in the solar system results form the combined gravitational pull of the Sun and of all the other planets, each contributing according to their mass and distance from the others.

B. of all the other planets, with each of them contributing according to their

C. all the other planets, each of which contributing according to its

D. all the other planets, each contributing according to its

E. all the other planets, each of which contribute according to their

My answer: D

8. Most of Portugal's 250,000 university students boycotted classes in a one-day strike to protest a law that requires them to contribute $330 a year toward the cost of higher education, previously paying $7 per year.

B. year toward the cost of higher education, for which was previously paid $7 per year

C. year, compared to the previously $7 per year, toward the cost of higher education

D. year toward the cost of higher education, instead of the $7 per year required previously

E. year as opposed to the $7 per year required previously for the cost of higher education

My answer: C

9. Biologists working in Spain say that their discovery of teeming life in a highly acidic river may not only broaden the search for life, or for evidence of past life on other planets but also show that a number of forms of microscopic life can adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria.

B. may show that a number of forms of microscopic life is capable of adapting to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all bacteria but the hardiest ones

C. shows a number of forms of microscopic life to be capable to adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought had been hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria

D. showing that a number of forms of microscopic life is capable of adapting to conditions that scientists have long thought had been hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria

E. showing that a number of forms of microscopic life can adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all bacteria but the hardiest

My answer: A

10. Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

B. by the United States government's satisfaction, impose

C. with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing

D. to the United States government's satisfaction, impose

E. to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

My answer: D

11. Scientists have recently discovered that the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly's wings, the same as the one making some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence, are enabling the insect to control how much heat energy is absorbed by its wings and how much is reflected away.

B. wings, which is the same one that makes some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence, that also enables

C. wings is the same as the one that makes some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence, enabling

D. wings--the same construction that makes some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence---also enables

E. wings---of the same construction that makes some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence--also enable

My answer: D

12. Gas hydrates, chemical compounds of water and natural gas, are increasingly being studied for their potential to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and significant contributors to global warming.

B. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and even as

C. as huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and

D. as huge reservoirs of energy, and the possible cause of sea floor instability,

E. as huge reservoirs of energy, as possible causes of sea floor instability, and even as

My answer: E

优选也只能选它了.

因为have more fat of a kind thought to be

在这里正好看到一个mm总结的比较结构地省略问题：

1 省略性：只保留主语。I play tennis better than QQ.

2 平行性：保留动词，但用助动词代替原来的动词。I play tennis better than QQ does

3 倒装性：助动词可以提前。I play tennis better than does QQ

在没有歧义的情况下，三种形式都可以。

那么就是说b得比较里面没有补出助动词是可以接受的，所以我坚持认为b对。

6. According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value of meat from wild animals and meat from domesticated animals, wild animals have less total fat than do livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat they think is good for cardiac health.

B. wild animals have (less total fat than livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat) thought to be
这里有严重的歧意：首先do助动词没补出：total fat...和livestock没有可比性。

其次：livestock... and more of a kind of fat可以理解为并列

C. wild animals have less total fat than that of livestock fed on grain and have more fat of a kind thought to be

C：total fat....that of livestock可比，没有do补出，说明比较对象不在wild animals一层。have...have明显消除了B的第二个歧意

D. total fat of wild animals is less than livestock fed on grain and they have more fat of a kind thought to be

E. total fat is less in wild animals than that of livestock fed on grain and more of their fat is of a kind they think is

参考OG

224. Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.

(A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than

(B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than

(C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were

(D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were（D）

(E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than

The phrasing of the comparisons in choices A, B, and E is incomplete, so the comparisons are ambiguous: because longer than could be followed by either from or were, it is unclear whether Inuits of the Bering Sea were isolated from Europeans longer than from the other Native American groups, or whether they were isolated from Europeans longer than the other groups were（这里说明了助动词不补出的歧意）. In A and C, in isolation from contact is wordy and unidiomatic. The awkward phrasing of E further distorts the sense of the sentence: because with cannot idiomatically serve as the preposition for in isolation, the sentence suggests that the Bering Sea Inuits were totally isolated. Choice D is best: it employs concise, idiomatic phrasing to express a logically complete comparison.

有歧意一定要补出。

To be discussed.....

我在大全里面找到类似的句子，看来的确是应该选c。

19.   In addition to having more protein than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.

(A) the protein in rice is higher quality than that in

(B) rice has protein of higher quality than that in

(C) the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in

(D) rice protein is higher in quality than it is in（B）

(E) rice has a protein higher in quality than

这涉及到compare to和compare with的问题, MM再看看og

另:如果是previously 7 $ per year,那么副词previously在这里好像不能修饰$7吧