请教987题中的一些问题

123yql · 发表于 2005-1-11 01:16:00

1.       After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.
(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s
(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s
(C) the country touted the ensemble like the
(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s（B）
(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s
答案为b，可以是看句子得后边段praise for the young musicians.说明强调每一个音乐家，那么集合名词ensemble应该跟动词的复数形式

1.       Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.
(A) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also（D）
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also
这道体为何不选a,这里边应该有尽管的意思吧？尽管纽约的小型博物馆都是收藏和当地历史有关的东西和许多少数民族的藏品，也有许多博物馆收藏。。。

1.       Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an undesirable one, they are much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and fakes.
(A) much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and
(B) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art from
(C) much less expert when it comes to distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art from
(D) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and（B）
(E) far less the expert when it comes to distinguishing between good painting, poor ones, authentic art, and
为什么不是a

1.       Although Ms. Bakara had previously emphasized that she could not speak for other Black people, she ventured to do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would agree with her.
(A) do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would agree
(B) speak on this one occasion since she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would have agreed
(C) so speak on this one occasion due to her firmly believing that many minority people, even most, would likely agree
(D) do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, if not most, would agree（D）
(E) do so on this one occasion since she firmly believed many minority people, and even most, would likely agre

为什么不是a，likely most 难道不能表示极有可能大多数都是如此的递进的关系？d的做法不是改变了句子的意思

93。    American productivity is declining in relation to Europe’s; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.
(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany
(B) as much as twice that of West Germany’s expenditure
(C) up to two times of West Germany’s expenditure
(D) up to two times what West Germans expended（A）
(E) up to double the West German expenditure
这道题的答案肯定错误，只有twice as much as结构，个人认为得正确答案是e不知各位一下如何
111.       An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest businesses carry, and then only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages.
(A) as much as even
(B) so much as even
(C) even so much as
(D) even as much that（A）
(E) even so much that
这到题目的as much as even strongest business carry, 此处得even到底做何解

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