177. So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence. (A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that (B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are, (C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained, (D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why (E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why A, the best choice, uses the idiomatic form So X that Y to establish a cause/effect relationship between clauses X and Y. In B, the subject of the as... as clause (young recruits) should be the subject of the main clause as well (e.g., they). Furthermore, main clauses following concessive clauses must express a contrasting notion: for example, “As ill-prepared as they are, they nevertheless find good jobs.” C offers a wordy, convoluted because clause. In D, the sentence form X is why is unidiomatic (X is the reason why would be idiomatic but needlessly wordy and awkward). E exhibits subject-verb disagreement: young recruits... explains why.
B选项没有表达出cause/effect的意思,另外,B选项中的as as没有表示contrasting,这两点我都非常认同; 可是解释中的In B, the subject of the as... as clause (young recruits) should be the subject of the main clause as well (e.g., they). 是说as as中的主语应该是主句的主语么?为什么要求主语这方面的一致呢? 不是有很多例子用as as比较前后两个不同的主体么?
假如抛开其他的错误,单独看as as的用法,本题说 as poorly educated and trained as many recruits…are, many executives fear…难道不可以么? 请同学们帮忙解答,谢谢; |