GWD18---Q18 没有理由啊！！！

suhuilin · 发表于 2009-3-26 22:35:00

The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord. Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world,

but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days

to reach Charleston, South Carolina.

C. shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New York City and another eleven days

E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days

本题正确答案为：E

但我选C，请问为什么E优于C，理由何在？

E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days

本题正确答案为：E

但我选C，请问为什么E优于C，理由何在？

songlovegt · 发表于 2009-3-26 23:09:00

C 有歧义 shots that were sent by swift messenger, that clause 可以修饰shots,或news, 而且 took four days 也可以认为是修饰shots.
E took four days by swift messenger by swift messenger 明确了took four days 的逻辑主语为swift messenger 而非 shots.

blueladybug · 发表于 2009-8-4 13:53:00

same question

lpdeng · 发表于 2010-1-28 11:10:21

"C 有歧义 shots that were sent by swift messenger, that clause 可以修饰shots,或news, 而且 took four days 也可以认为是修饰shots.
E took four days by swift messenger by swift messenger 明确了took four days 的逻辑主语为swift messenger 而非 shots.
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还有两个疑问，请大家帮忙看看：

1）prep / og 里面经常都有 a of b + that 从句， tha从句修饰中心词a的，难道能根据这个知识点排出c选项？
2）take的用法难道不是：sth takes sb four days to do sth? 这里为什么要在sb 前面加上 by 呢？

ctkstarcraft · 发表于 2010-1-28 11:21:11

C. but news of these shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New York City and another eleven days

news是不可数名词，要用was

yidiyuehan · 发表于 2010-1-28 16:14:59

A of B that....什么的that 可以修饰A 也可以修饰B, 要根据that 后面的谓语动词决定.

像楼上讲的
shots that were sent by swift messenger 中 that 可以理解为修饰shots, 明显是逻辑错误的.

parris · 发表于 2010-1-28 17:06:03

sent 和messenger是重复的意思，既然是by messenger了就是sent的意思，所以E好一点

秋扇 · 发表于 2010-9-12 17:17:11

这道题选B为什么不可以呢？我觉得by swift messenger 应该同时修饰four days和eleven days，不应该放在二者之间啊。

lxw19 · 发表于 2010-9-20 19:33:15

这道题选B为什么不可以呢？我觉得by swift messenger 应该同时修饰four days和eleven days，不应该放在二者之间啊。

-- by 会员秋扇 (2010/9/12 17:17:11)

当表示目的是，to do的形式优于 in order to的形式

精灵宝宝 · 发表于 2010-9-28 17:19:13

1。news 要用was不能用were
2。有another后没必要加also或addition
3。C有歧义

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