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发表于 2011-9-14 23:55:35 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
209. (T-3-Q7)
In Scotland, the number of wild salmon have been reduced because of uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting, by pollution, and by various other threats to the fish’s habitat.
A.    number of wild salmon have been reduced because of uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting,
B.    number of wild salmon is reduced because deep-sea and coastal netting is not controlled,
C.    numbers of wild salmon has been reduced because of uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting,
D.    wild salmon’s numbers are reduced by deep-sea and coastal netting that is not controlled,  
E.    wild salmon’s numbers have been reduced by uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting,
此题答案E,wild salmon’s numbers为什么这里用复数?
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沙发
发表于 2011-9-14 23:57:31 | 只看该作者
209. (T-3-Q7)
In Scotland, the number of wild salmon have been reduced because of uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting, by pollution, and by various other threats to the fish’s habitat.
A.    number of wild salmon have been reduced because of uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting,
B.    number of wild salmon is reduced because deep-sea and coastal netting is not controlled,
C.    numbers of wild salmon has been reduced because of uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting,
D.    wild salmon’s numbers are reduced by deep-sea and coastal netting that is not controlled,  
E.    wild salmon’s numbers have been reduced by uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting,
此题答案E,wild salmon’s numbers为什么这里用复数?
-- by 会员 yunshishow (2011/9/14 23:55:35)



salmon是个总称,有很多种类的salmon.
板凳
发表于 2011-9-15 00:07:27 | 只看该作者
numbers作为核心词,但可以被具体化的几个数倾向不明显

OG-verbal-72. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with (A) extinction; its numbers are now five-times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s. 因为动词是复数,所以可推知numbers是number的复数形式,而不是什么固定用法。

TTGWD9-Q7: In Scotland, the (E) wild salmon’s numbers have been reduced by uncontrolled deep-sea and coastal netting, by pollution, and by various other threats to the fish’s habitat.

另外,一些讨论中说:numbers是复数做“人数,鸟群”讲。Longman字典:Visitor numbers increase in the summer. 游客人数在夏季增加。现代英汉词典:Birds gather in large numbers beside the river.鸟儿一群群地聚在河边。但是显然后面一个例子中in large numbers是做副词用,参见5)。

这一类用法是最难的,还没有找到最有说服力的解释。但是作题的时候,我们可以借用其他方面的线索,排除错误项
(e.g. OG-verbal-72)。
地板
 楼主| 发表于 2011-9-15 00:07:46 | 只看该作者
呵呵,也对,谢谢解答哈。
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