With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B, companies conducting consumer taste tests of foods or beverages typically choose numbers such as 697 or 483 to label the products.
With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters
A and B, companies conducting consumer taste tests of foods or beverages typically choose
numbers such as 697 or 483 to label the products.
(A) With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the
letters A and B
(B) Because the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations they are aware of
(C) Because of an awareness of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B having connotations
(D) Aware of the connotations of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B
(E) Since the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations associated with them and
they are aware of it
考点: 简洁有效(Rhetorical Construction)、指代一致(Agreement)
1) 介词短语n account of, because of, despite (in despite of), as a result of之后只跟简单的名词短
语。若其后面跟的是动名词或名词所有格+动名词短语(sb’s doing),或名词短语之后用一复杂的现在分
词来修饰时,应改为与其相同意义的连词because, although等引导的从句形式。
2) 指代歧意
(A) 句子结构不够简洁
(B) they指代不清, 既可以向前指代numbers, letters又可以向后指代companies
(C) Because of + n + having…表现复杂,应该改为Because从句
(D) 正确, aware of 置于句首修饰companies, 句子结构简单,意思清晰
(E) have connotations associated with them表达复杂;they指代不清,it无指代
句子结构: Aware of the connotations of the numbers…and the letters…, companies… typically
choose…