OG 测试题 39，44，50 请大家帮帮忙~~

39. According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rending of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.

A. was more likely to begin as

B. more than likely began as

C. more than likely beginning from

D. it was more than likely begun from

E. it was more likely that it began

这道题我选对了开始，我当时觉得was A not B but C, 那么B,C就不能一个是句子，一个是短语吧，所以就排除了A,D,E.语感选了B。

但是答案是说，E的错误在于：第一个it后面必须是is,而不是was，因为theory is current?那么D也存在这个问题么？另外，E的错误还在于第二个it是这个从句的主语，所以要省略communication后面的逗号，还是不明白…

44．Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

A. Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected

B. Seldom more than 40 feet wide or(and) 12 feet deep but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected

C. It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, but the Erie Canal, connecting

我不太理解为什么deep后面不应该有逗号？解释是说: However, because a comma incorrectly follows deep, this phrase appears to be the entire modifier, which must agree with the noun or pronoun that immediately follows it.没太看懂…

另外，关于C的解释说Nether and nor but acts as a logical connector.不太明白，原文的意思不也是转折么？

50．By developing the Secure Digital Music Initiative, the recording industry associations of North America, Japan, and Europe hope to create a standardized way of distributing songs and full-length recordings on the Internet that will protect copyright holder and foil the many audio pirates who copy and distribute digital music illegally.

A

C. for distributing songs and full-length recordings on the Internet while it protects copyright holders and foils the many audio pirates who copy and distribute

C给的错误原因是：use of while suggests that protection comes from something other than the standardized way. 我不太明白为什么while会有这个意思？