OG11紫色36题

36．
                 What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize，in better sound than was ever before possible，some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era．

(A)  What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

(B)  The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

(C)  No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc

(D)  Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than

(E)  Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

Parallelism + Rhetorical construction

This sentence compares the development of the compact disc with the use 0fthe new technology；

these two phrases must use parallel grammatical structures to make the comparison clear．

Unnecessary words disrupt the parallelism and clutter the meaning；they must be omitted．The

correct idiom for comparison must be used．

A  What was is awkward and unnecessary；construction uses a verb tense that does not agree with has been．

B  The thing that was is wordy and unnecessary, and it introduces a verb tense that does not agree with has been．

C  Correct．No less remarkable than、s the clearest，most concise and idiomatically correct wav for this sentence to introduce the comparison between the development and the use．

D  Developing is not parallel to the use；nonetheless followed by than is not a correct idiom for comparison．

E  Without its article，development is not parallel to the use；no less．．．as is not a correct idiom

for comparison．

The correct answer is C．

首先,这个句子什么意思我就没有一眼看明白。当然很多眼也没有明白,

第二,这个句子的语法分析我试图做过都不知所云。

第三,解释说 sentence compares the development of the compact disc with the use 0fthe new technology；我怎么就没有看出来呢?

第四，谁可以帮忙告诉我这个句子，或者类似看不明白的句子怎么下手分析呢?

第五,C答案怎么就对了呢?我也不明白什么意思

Secondly, "the use of .." is a noun to express action. So I try to find a simlar things because Be was used. ==> Rule out A, B, D, E.

Finally, just Plug all answers into sentence, C is the best.

(A)  What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

(B)  The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

(C)  No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc

(D)  Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than

(E)  Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as