Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
42. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the
largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant
fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and
rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore
some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than
30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending
答案:A
这题被讨论的很多,我也看了不下20个帖子,但仍然有疑问。
og这里说使用extending是出于对持续的考量,因为这个fungus现在还在,这个延展到30acres的状态仍然存在。如果使用extended就是会表达出现在不是这样的含义。但是我刚开始的想法是由主被动确定的,扩展是主动动作所以用了主动,看之前的帖子也有很多前辈这么认为。
在这个题目里这两者(tense and voice)是统一的,我的疑问是如果是不统一的情况呢?比如此句里的fungus现在已经死亡了,当年是extend到30acres,那我要者表达的话要用extending还是extended?
分词表达的含义到底是怎么权衡,还是说如果是这种情况就没法用分词很好的叙述?请给位nn帮助
The organism is a giant fungus, an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore 1,500 to 10,000 years ago and now extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a forest near Crystal Falls, Mich., along the Wisconsin border.