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90.   Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers’ fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

(A) investment officers’ fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began

(B) investment officers’ fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began

(C) that fees of investment officers be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations have begun

(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations have begun

(E) that investment officers’ fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began

The clause beginning Since 1986... indicates that the practice described in the second clause continued for some period of time after it began. Choice D, the best answer, supplies the present perfect have begun, which conveys this continuity; D also uses a construction that is appropriate when “allow” means “permit”: allow... to be based on. Choices A, B, and E incorrectly use the past tense began rather than the present perfect; furthermore, in each of these options, they has no referent, since officers is a possessive modifier of fees. Choices A and C include the awkward phrase based on how the funds they manage perform. Choices C and E incorrectly use allow that...fees be based.

how the funds they manage perform有问题吗？这一个名词从句看得很顺。

好像考我们阅读或逻辑的时候经常出这种从句来增加难度。

我也觉得这个句子挺不错的。

但是把how the funds they manage perform单拿出来还原成how do the funds they

manage perform?这个句子的意思做为on的宾语，逻辑上似乎不太妥当。

请指正。

这里ETS说它awkward，偶觉得就是不够简洁。所以说还是短语优于从句。

how当conjunction的意思是:a : the way or manner in which *remember how they fought*;  also   : the state or condition in which  b : THAT *told them how he had a situation Charles Dickens*
2 : HOWEVER, AS *a reader can shift his attention how he likes William Empson*

结合how the funds perform,可以看出how做conjunction,侧重讲如何表现,即表现的方式和方法(没有副词how, to what degree or extent的意思),而不象performance,侧重表现的结果

关于这个问题还需深入研究,这些只是我想到的,请大家指教

同意。

高手！！

perform: v.履行，表演

performance: n. 履行，表演，性能，成绩。

本题是用了performance 的成绩一义。

fees 基于他们所管理的资金的业绩，而不是基于他们所管理的资金如何表演。

高手，真的是让我明白了逻辑在其中的韵味！