OG10_104题询问?

104. The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian--vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, and meat rarely.

(A)  and meat rarely

(B)   and meat was rare

(C)  with meat as rare

(D)  meat a rarity

(E)   with meat as a rarity

The best answer here must qualify the statement made in the main clause. The diet... was largely vegetarian: it cannot be treated as part of the list of vegetarian foods. In other words, the best answer must logically and grammatically attach to the main clause when the list is omitted. Choice A fails this test:

The diet. . . was largely vegetarian, and meat rarely. D fails also, because it lacks a function word such as with to link it to the main clause. The wording of choice B is imprecise and ambiguous--for example, it could mean that meat was scarce, or that it was not well done or medium. Choice C is unidiomatic. Clearly phrased, grammatically linked, and idiomati­cally sound, choice E is best.

rarity是可数名词吗?  我感觉B也没错啊!  

rarity不可数。

B 错在把句子意思给曲解了。 句子说很少食肉，而B是说肉很少有。meat was rare
            

是不是习惯用语呀。我goole了很多用a rarity 的条目。如下： 

the staghorn fern remains a rarity

Old-fashioned cottage cheese is a rarity, but still exists

等等。

B的RARE有2种意思,可以表示稀少,也可表示(肉)半熟~而名词形式RARITY就只表示稀少~

ETS解释的蛮清楚的~