prep255.(GWD-12-Q19)

clumsy123

Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
A. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.
C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.
D. Executives’ being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.
E. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.


答案选E


关于B选项的解释：when they do appear的修饰对象错误，应该直接修饰misinterpreting，现在却成了整个句子的时间状语修饰了makes。那么，E选项的when……就不会出现这种问题吗？

clumsy123

up

Xiaotongdi

我读着那个B吧，感觉那个An executive （定从）makes后面加missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones……就很有问题哦！所以后面突然来个they，就更不知道指什么了！

paonbleu

B选项likely放在when they do appear
导致when they do appear的修饰对象发生错位
E没有这种错误

pthke

B选项likely放在when they do appear
导致when they do appear的修饰对象发生错位
E没有这种错误

-- by 会员 paonbleu (2011/7/9 18:51:22)

正解，我个人觉得when they do appear的作用应该是说当signs do appear的时候miss它们misinterpret它们，也就是应该修饰那两个动作的。但是B选项中的谓语结构是make sth likely，如果when…想要修饰sth应该紧挨着sth，这样放在句末只能当时间状语修饰make。
自己的看法。