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Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also own a bicycle.
(A) Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also own a bicycle. (B) Out of every four, three automobile owners in the United States also owns a bicycle. (C) Bicycles are owned by three out of every four owners of automobiles in the United States. (D) In the United States, three out of every four automobile owners owns bicycles. (E) Out of every four owners of automobiles in the United States, bicycles are also owned by three.
答案是A 29. (26032-!-item-!-188;#058&002964)
Unlike many United States cities, where a river is no longer the focal point of urban life, the river in San Antonio winds through the middle of the business district, and the River Walk, or Paseo del Rio, is the city's most popular attraction.
(A) Unlike many United States cities, where a river is no longer the focal point of urban life, the river in San Antonio (B) Unlike the river in many cities in the United States, which is no longer the focal point of urban life, in San Antonio the river (C) Today the river in many cities in the United States is no longer the focal point of urban life, unlike San Antonio, where it (D) In few United States cities today, a river is the focal point of urban life, but the river in San Antonio (E) No longer do many cities in the United States have a river as the focal point of urban life, but in San Antonio the river
答案是E
这两道题目的正确答案，都是复数的主语，却是单数的宾语。难道不会产生复数的主语共同拥有一个单数的宾语的问题吗？ 14题OG在给出解释的时候说CD将bicycle改为bicycles会造成说每个owner拥有多辆bicycles的歧义。 167. Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.
(A)
Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes
(B)
Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's
(C)
The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's
(D)
The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the
apes’ (E)
The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled
those of the apes
答案是B The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably without language. B, the best choice, logically uses Neanderthals as the subject. Choice A also uses this subject, but the plural pronoun those does not agree with its singular antecedent,
a vocal tract. C, D, and E present the inappropriate subject vocal tracts, which cannot logically govern the second member of the predicate (i.e., vocal tracts cannot be said to be without language). Moreover, it is better to use the singular in referring to an anatomical feature common to an entire species; C, D, and E use the plural vocal tracts. D compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one Neanderthal.
再贴一题是复数主语要搭配复数宾语的情况： OG10-61 The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks.
(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check
(C) that a bank disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited checks
(D) a bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from a depos-ited check
(E) that banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check is to be delayed
答案是C
Choice C is best. In A and B, the plural pronouns their and they do not agree with the singular noun bank. B, like D and E, illogically shifts from the plural customers and funds to the singular check, as if the customers were jointly depositing only one check. In D, requires a bank that it should is ungrammatical; requires that a bank is the appropriate idiom. In E, the use of the passive construction is to be delayed is less informative than the active voice because the passive does not explicitly identify the bank as the agent responsible for the delay.
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