两道语法题

woaihenglia · 发表于 2010-12-30 14:30:34

19.As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips’ circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased.
(A) the chips’ circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(B) the chips’ circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(C) the chips’ circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have（B）
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have

c怎么错了

14.Local residents claim that San Antonio, Texas, has more good Mexican American restaurants than any city does in the United States.
(A) any city does
(B) does any other city
(C) other cities do
(D) any city（B）
(E) other cities
E怎么错了？

14.Local residents claim that San Antonio, Texas, has more good Mexican American restaurants than any city does in the United States.
(A) any city does
(B) does any other city
(C) other cities do
(D) any city（B）
(E) other cities
E怎么错了？

cedricwen · 发表于 2010-12-30 15:09:38

19.both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
这部分不平行
the power of the chips和the electronic devices
明显b更平行
the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
the chips和the electronic devices
你比较下吧就懂了

cedricwen · 发表于 2010-12-30 15:12:27

14.Local residents claim that San Antonio, Texas, has more good Mexican American restaurants than any city does in the United States.
(A) any city does
(B) does any other city
(C) other cities do
(D) any city（B）
(E) other cities 我找的马哈顿的解释
希望对你有帮助
any city ... in the United States: two things about this one.
- you must include the word 'other', because san antonio is a u.s. city. if you don't say 'other', then you imply that san antonio somehow manages to have more good m.a. restaurants than any u.s. city - including san antonio!
- you can't split this construction up; 'any other city in the united states' must appear in one piece. (if you say '...any city does in the u.s.', the literal interpretation is that you're talking about what those cities do when they're in the u.s.; since cities don't travel in and out of countries, that's absurd.)

the above considerations kill choices a, c, and d, leaving b and e.

choice e is bad for two reasons:
- it distorts the meaning of the original, weakening its claim from one of superiority over all other american cities to one of superiority of some selected group of cities.
- read literally, it presents an ambiguity: (1) san antonio's restaurants > other cities' restaurants, vs (2) san antonio's restaurants > san antonio's other cities. obviously #2 is absurd, but it's still technically an ambiguity, and technical ambiguities (even if easily resolvable by 'common sense') are grounds for ruling out an answer choice.

that leaves b.

woaihenglia · 发表于 2010-12-31 01:35:32

谢谢！好人啊。新年发大财！

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