After several years of rapid growth, the healthy care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
以下摘自2008prep语法笔记 223.(GWD-23-Q23)After several years of rapid growth, the health care company became one of the largest health care providers in the metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
A.while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to
B.while it then proved unable to handle the increase in business and fell months behind in its payment to
C.but then it proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in its paying
D.but then proving unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in paying(E)
E.but then proved unable to handle the increase in business, falling months behind in paying
题目释义:the company became one of the largest providers, but then proved unable to handle sth., falling months behind in panying
考点:习惯用语(idiom)句子结构(grammatical construction)
1.动词比动名词简洁。
2.While在表示转折对比时,有两件events同时发生的含义。
选项分析:A.即便表示转折对比,while也有”at the same time“的含义在里面,与then矛盾,并让句意变成了the health care company expanding and falling是同时发生的,但是实际上应该是先became largest,然后再fell;其次,its payment不如动词paying简洁,名词和东西优先选择动词。
B.while的错误同A,payment错误同A。
C.前面的it多余,可以省略(effctiveness);in its paying,使得paying从动词变成了动名词,不简洁,prep.+one’s+doing往往是不简洁的。paying这个动作就是the health care company执行的,所以不用加上its。