og11-117&119

OG11-119

The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.

(A)  increasing the pressure

(B)   the increasing pressure

(C)  increased pressure

(D)  the pressure increased

(E)   the pressure increasing

OG里对B的解释

choice B, the definite article the needlessly suggests that some previously mentioned type of pressure is being referred to, and increasing implies without warrant that the increase has been continuing for some indefinite period of time, not that it occurs as a consequence of the bank's decision.(过去分词表结果)

我想请教的是

OG11-117

New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth's magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, splitting apart continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

(A)  splitting apart continents

(B)  the splitting apart of continents

(C)  split apart continents

(D)  continents split apart (B)

(E)   continents that were split apart

这里怎么不会认为splitting是持续的在分裂呢? 这样会导致句义诡异啊

80万年前的大陆还在分裂?

这里不会造成歧义吗?

麻烦大家指点一下

谢谢

谢谢你的回复

我知道pressure在这里不用加the

但是OG说increasing会有持续进行之意

也就是说如果今天B选项改为increasing pressure的话

也不会是正确答案

因为C的increased pressure所表达的意涵比较精确

表达因为银行做的决定所产生的结果

而117题

我知道splitting apart在这里是做名词词组

但如果今天有一个答案是the split apart of continents
                

会比这里选项B的the splitting apart of continents
            好吗?