552.Once the economic and social usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated and with its superiority to the horse being proved, much of the early hostility to it in rural regions disappeared. (A) and with its superiority to the horse being (B) and its superiority over the horse had been (C) and its superiority to the horse (D) its superiority over the horse(C) (E) with its superiority to the horse having been 白勇语法答案是B,大全解释是C 白勇的解释:C选项 and连接once从句和名词短语its superiority,两者形式不对称(P128) 大全解释:In choice C, the best answer, the main predication usefulness…was demonstrated is paralleled by superiority [was] proved, with [was] omitted as understood. In choices A and E, the prepositional phrase beginning with…violates this parallelism; in A, B, and E, the verb forms being, had been, and having been are not consistent with the simple past tense in was demonstrated. The phrase superiority over is unidiomatic in B and D: x is superior to y, not over y. D is also faulty because no function word, such as the conjunction and, grammatically connects its superiority… to the rest of the sentence. |