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76. Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts. (A) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that (B) of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because (C) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because (D) their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because (E) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that Rhetorical construction; Parallelism Th is sentence gives two equally plausible reasons for the moderate gains retailers reported in November sales. Th ese two reasons are introduced with a formula that requires parallel structure: As much because x as because y. Th e clearest, most effi cient way to fi ll this formula is to follow because with clauses with active verbs, thereby eliminating the wordiness that accompanies prepositional phrases (because of …) followed by participial phrases (e.g., being so bad or having been as bad). A Th e participial phrase being so bad … is wordy and awkward; the elements following because are not parallel. B Participial phrases make this version of the sentence wordy and awkward. C Th is version makes an incorrect comparison between previous sales and shoppers’ strategies in November; the participial phrase is wordy and awkward. D Correct. Th e comparison is clearly expressed with concise, parallel clauses. E Th is makes an incorrect comparison between previous sales and shoppers’ strategies in November. Th e correct answer is D.
不是很明白C,E选项关于先前销售和店员的策略不恰当的比较。为啥选项D,B没有提到这点。 |
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