新OG2016,27题关于being时态获取的问题

问啊问啊 · 发表于 2015-7-31 14:40:19

27对C的官方解释如下，being难道不是从前面一句的had been adapted承接了过去完成时态么，为什么OG说这里的being被当做现在时，无法解释earlier 17th？

27. In the seventh century B.C., the Roman alphabet was adapted from the Etruscan
alphabet, which in turn had been adapted in the previous century from a western
Greek alphabet, which itself had been adapted earlier in the same century from the
Phoenician alphabet.
(A) which itself had been adapted earlier
(B) adapting itself earlier
(C) itself being adapted earlier
(D) having been earlier adapted itself
(E) earlier itself having been adapted
Rhetorical construction; Verb form; Logical predication
This sentence describes a string of adaptations of the alphabet, tracing back from
the seventh century BC through two points in the eighth century BC. Because the
latest of the three adaptations is temporally located in past tense, earlier
adaptations should be located in the past perfect tense.
A Correct. This sentence is properly constructed and uses the appropriate
verb forms for the relationships among the events that it describes.
B It is unclear what the participial phrase adapting itself earlier . . . refers to.
The present participle could be used for an event that was simultaneous
with, or part of, the event mentioned before the underlined portion.
However, it is inappropriate for describing an event that took place even
earlier than the seventh century BC, which has already been designated in
the sentence as past tense. The reflexive form adapting itself is nonsensical
in this sentence.
C The present tense of the reflexive participial phrase is inappropriate for
describing an event prior to the seventh century BC, given that the seventh
century BC has already been designated in the sentence as past tense.
D Without commas around itself, the pronoun appears to be reflexive. The
combination of passive and reflexive then makes no sense. If itself is
intended simply for emphasis, rather than as a reflexive pronoun, it would
be preferable, in this context, to set it off with commas. But if it were
intended in that way, it would seem to refer to the Roman alphabet, and the
claim made in the sentence would be confusing and nearly nonsensical. This
modifier is confusingly placed before the designation of time (in the same
century) and source (from the Phoenician alphabet).
E The adverb earlier is misplaced before the pronoun itself; it should be
immediately before the phrase in the same century.

fivetimes · 发表于 2015-8-4 17:50:33

我试着说下我的看法吧
ing形式做修饰语的确是借鉴前面的时态，用来表示这个动作的发生和前面的动作在一个timeframe里。
但是这个句子有明确的时间指示词earlier in the same century，表明这两个动作不是发生在同一个timeframe里，所以用ing形式做修饰语矛盾。一个不太确切的例子。

21. Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the pasttwenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain growsand how babies acquire language.

(A) Neuroscientists,having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brainand its development from birth to adulthood, are

(B) Neuroscientists,having amassed a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development frombirth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are

(C) Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of knowledge about the brain and itsdevelopment from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are

(D) Neuroscientistshave amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brainand its development from birth to adulthood,

(E) Neuroscientistshave amassed, over the past twenty years, awealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,

d选项中，now drawing solid作为伴随状语修饰前面的have amassed这个动作，但是now这个时间指示词明确表明drawing这个动作和amass这个动作不在一个timeframe里，因此drawing无法进行伴随，也就说drawing向前借鉴时态会和now这个指示词矛盾。

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