1. the growth of the railroad led to the abolition of local times, (which was determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing) from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times. 答案e. determined by when the sun reached the observer’s meridian and differing 问 determin是不是修饰ABOLITION?differing和谁并列?
2.(For all his professed disdain of such activities). auden was an inveterate literary gossip. 就选A。Having always professed distain for such activities.不行吗?auden是它的 逻辑主语
1、Two participal phrases ,respectively, led by "determined" and "differing" serve as parenthesis to modify the antecedent-- "local times" and should be paralleled.
2、Here need to a adverbial phrase or a causal clause to complete the sentence logically, not a participal phrase indicating actions has been performed in the past.