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Lauraliang

Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is
descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of
snorkel.
(A) that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and
its trunk originally evolving
(B) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its
trunk originally evolving
(C) suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with
its trunk originally evolved
(D) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and
its trunk originally evolved
(E) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and
that its trunk originally
正确答案为E， 但是感觉搭配上不太明白，explain to suggest
还有就是时态为什么不能用 had done 啊？

liuce1211

很简单，把握两点。
1.时态，客观事实用一般现在时（排除BCD）
2. AandB 并列的前后需要严格对称（排除A）

mollywww

The use of the past perfect tense here is incorrect, because the action isn't complete. I know it may seem like the descent has ended, but in the present, the elephant is STILL descended from an aquatic animal.That's an eternal truth

我做的笔记，好像是ron的解释？～

Lauraliang

liuce1211 发表于 2015-10-4 18:57
A选项不对称

同意！               

liuce1211

Lauraliang 发表于 2015-10-4 10:36
那如果A选项的evolving换成evolved,A 选项 对吗？

A选项不对称

Lauraliang

闻鹿鸣 发表于 2015-10-3 18:34
这种题，你看到了发现什么的证据，是属于真理类的，后面尽量用一般现在时，就像说人类发现地球围绕太阳转， ...

那如果A选项的evolving换成evolved,A 选项 对吗？

闻鹿鸣

这种题，你看到了发现什么的证据，是属于真理类的，后面尽量用一般现在时，就像说人类发现地球围绕太阳转，那么过去是这样，现在是这样，将来也会是这样