prep & GWD 的不同答案

maggie1121

做prep模考软件上的题发现和GWD的原题答案不同，如以下一道争议很久的语法题，我做prep的时候给的答案是E, GWD给的是B，个人也比较认可B选项，这样prep足够可信吗，应该以谁为准呢？

GWD19-Q1:

A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer’s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.

1. Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
   
   
2. Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
   
   
3. a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
   
   
4. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
   
   
5. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man( prep)
   Answer: B
   
   
   
   
   

aeoluseros

prep是官方的，永远不要质疑官方材料的答案，三本书的并列，破折号后面也是要跟书的

BreezyCipher

IMO E首先这道题的考点是平行和Americans/a American
平行在这里很明显A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer’s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
A is one of ~~~, the others~~~~
但是争议最多的莫过于Americans/a American到底选哪个？每个人都有自己的说法。个人比较赞同下面这种说法
word choice is a sticky thing. for instance, it's actually better to say "birds have a four-chambered heart" than to say "birds have four-chambered hearts", because the former makes it clear that each bird has exactly 1 heart. both, however, are acceptable.
in a similar vein, the construction of (d) and (e) makes it more clear that each book has exactly 1 author.

maggie1121

哇哦，精辟！

maggie1121

没错，明白了，谢谢！