今天的问题，731of 987

731        The direction in which the Earth and the other solid planets—Mercury, Venus, and Mars—spins were determined from collisions with giant celestial bodies in the early history of the Solar System.

(A) spins were determined from

(B) spins were determined because of

(C) spins was determined through

(D) spin was determined by（D）

(E) spin was determined as a result of

做了好几遍都没明白的题，

736.        The economic forces which may affect the new public offering of stock include sudden downturns in the market, hedging and other investor strategies for preventing losses, loosening the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized.

(A) loosening the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized

(B) loosening the interest rates in Washington, and a fear of the company still being undercapitalized

(C) a loosening of the interest rates in Washington, and fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized

(D) a loosening of the interest rates in Washington, and a fear of the still undercapitalized company（E）

(E) a loosening of the interest rates in Washington, and a fear that the company may still be undercapitalized

这道题D为什么不对呢？a fear that 是固定搭配吗？

756       The five hundred largest manufacturing firms in the United States produce goods that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain.

(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain

(B) of a worth that is almost as much as that of the four hundred thousand firms that remain

(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms

(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining four hundred thousand firms（E）

(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining four hundred thousand firms

这道题E中worth as much as 不是表明这个worth是不可数的吗？那后面为什么要用those of 呢？those在这里指代的是什么啊？？？

731: "spin"是从句的谓语，主语是"the Earth and the other solid planets", 所以A,B,C, 错。E unidiomatic。

736：D把原句里“fearing that the company may still be undercapitalized.”改成fear companies了。

The five hundred largest manufacturing firms in the LACE>United StatesLACE> produce goods worth almost as much as those of  remaining four hundred thousand firms (are worth)

C, D may distort the meaning to compare the number of goods, not the value of goods.

To be discussed...