以下是引用rosmarine在2006-5-8 20:19:00的发言: 顶一下,顺便贴题目.
2. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump (B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping (C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump (D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump (E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
答案D。我选A。不明白为什么这道题的时态需要不一致,考试的时候如何判断得出来?
A is better than D D - sounds as if, the act of dumping could have been started right after the agreement in 1972, and wasnt happening before. Choice A conveys the better picture of the change in the amount of phosphates before and after the agreement. Also reduced is in past, while had been implies it was happening earlier and happended after 1972 as well.
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