【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day63

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Day63
1.(221)Unlike elite runners, whose times are calculated from the starter's pistol to the finish line, marathon times are calculated using a computer chip attached to each competitor's shoe.

(A) Unlike elite runners, whose times are calculated from the starter's pistol to the finish line,

(B) Besides elite runners, whose times are calculated from the starter's pistol to the finish line,

(C) With the exception of elite runners, times for whom are calculated from the starter's pistol to the finish line,

(D) Unless the runner is elite, in which case the time is calculated from the starter's pistol to the finish line,

(E) With the exception being elite runners, whose times are calculated from the starter's pistol to the finish line,

D
比较的是两种不同的计时方式，不是比较人和马拉松，应该是除了运动员是elite的情况，其余情况。。

2.(222)After the latest electronic voting machine malfunction, another twelve districts have reverted to paper ballots, which brings to forty the number of districts that have abandoned the new voting technology since concerns about reliability and transparency began to surface.

A) which brings to forty the number of
B) which bring to forty the number of
C) bringing to forty the number of
D) and thus brings up to forty the
E) and so brings to forty the number of

C
另外12个区用paper投票，最后到了40个区抛弃了新的投票技术

3.(223)As well as a conduit for the vital distribution of oxygen and hydrogen molecules across the planet, the Earth’s oceans provides an effective buffer against much of the Sun’s harmful radiation.

a. As well as a conduit for the vital distribution of oxygen and hydrogen molecules across the planet, the Earth’s oceans provide an effective buffer
b. Besides a conduit for vital distribution of oxygen and hydrogen molecules across the planet, also the Earth’s oceans provide an effective buffer
c. Besides a conduit for the vital distribution of oxygen and hydrogen molecules across the planet, the Earth’s oceans also provide an effective buffering
d. The Earth’s oceans provide not only a conduit for the vital distribution of oxygen and hydrogen molecules across the planet, but also an effective buffer
e. The Earth’s oceans not only provide a medium for the vital distribution of oxygen and hydrogen molecules across the planet but also an effective buffer

D
平行 主语是The Earth‘s ocean provide的两个东西平行
A a conduit和ocean平行
B同A，且besides和also重复
C besides和also
E but also应该加provide

4.(224)The combined debt of Greeks from the ages of 68 to 74 is rising faster than in any other age group, according to data recently collected by officials in the Eurozone and that has major implications for policy decisions going forward.

A - The combined debt of Greeks from the ages of 68 to 74 is rising faster than in any other age group, according to data recently collected by officials in the Eurozone and that has major implications for policy decisions going forward.

B - The combined debt of Greeks from the ages of 68 to 74 is rising faster than in any age group, according to data that was recently collected by officials in the Eurozone and has major implications for policy decisions going forward.

C - The combined debt of Greeks from the ages of 68 to 74 is rising faster than that of any age group, according to data recently collected by officials in the Eurozone and that has major implications for policy decisions going forward.

D - According to data recently collected by officials in the Eurozone, the combined debt of Greeks from the ages of 68 to 74 is rising faster than that of any other age group, a finding that has major implications for policy decisions going forward.

E - According to data recently collected by officials in the Eurozone, the combined debt of Greeks from the ages of 68 to 74 is rising faster than that of any age group, and has major implications for policy decisions going forward.

D
A 把debt和age group比较
B any age group包含了68-74
C that我感觉指代不是很清晰
E同B

5.(225)The child was frightened by the grifter, who had a number of unsettling mannerisms, and the clown, and was worrying ever since that the two will reappear.

A. was frightened by the grifter, who had a number of unsettling mannerisms, and the clown, and was worrying
B. was frightened by the clown and the grifter, who had a number of unsettling mannerisms, and worried
C. had been frightened by the grifter, who had a number of unsettling mannerisms, and by the clown, and has been worrying
D. has been frightened by the clown and the by grifter, who had a number of unsettling mannerisms, and worried
E. was frightened by the clown and the grifter, who had a number of unsettling mannerisms, and has been worried

C
A的clown感觉没有东西和它and
B 那个who的从句应该是指the grifter，不是这两个人
D E同B

6.(226)Based on detailed research and analysis conducted over 20 years, statisticians at NYU have come to the conclusion that there is no advantage to using financial advisors who pick individual stocks over simply investing in broad index funds.

A) Based on detailed research and analysis conducted over 20 years
B) With 20 years of detailed research and analysis conducted
C) Using detailed research and analysis conducted over 20 years
D) By the detailed research and analysis conducted over 20 years
E) Basing it on 20 years of detailed research and analysis

C
科学家应该是用了20年的研究和分析，得出了结论

7.(227)Speakers at the rally, one who is quadriplegic, will try to persuade the government to allow stem cell research by highlighting the plight of spinal cord victims.

A. one who
B. one of them who
C. and one of them who
D. one of whom
E. one of which

D
A少东西了
E which不能指代人
BC感觉一样，就都不选

8.(228)John Locke’s political philosophy, which holds that revolution against an unjust government is not only a right but also, in certain cases, an obligation, is markedly different than Thomas Hobbes, who believed that sovereign power cannot be overthrown.

(A) which holds that revolution against an unjust government is not only a right but also, in certain cases, an obligation, is markedly different than Thomas Hobbes, who believed that sovereign power cannot be overthrown.

(B) holding that revolution against an unjust government is an obligation as well as a right, was markedly different from that of Thomas Hobbes, believing that sovereign power cannot be overthrown.

(C) holding that revolution against an unjust government is not only a right but also, in certain cases, an obligation, is markedly different than that of Thomas Hobbes, who believed that sovereign power cannot be overthrown.

(D) which holds that revolution against an unjust government is not only a right but also, in certain cases, an obligation, is markedly different from Thomas Hobbes, who believes that sovereign power cannot be overthrown.

(E) which holds that revolution against an unjust government is not only a right but also, in certain cases, an obligation, is markedly different from Thomas Hobbes’s belief that sovereign power cannot be overthrown.

E
ABCD philosophy和人比较

9.(229)The high costs to taxpayers were mostly a result of policies that guarantee cotton farmers a portion of their projected revenue, rather than of coverage paying them for damaged crops.

A rather than of coverage paying them for damaged crops
B instead of their coverage that pays for damaged crops
C as opposed to coverage paying them for damaged crops
D rather than coverage that pays them for damaged crops
E instead of coverage that pays them for damaged crop

D
是为了保障种棉花的人能有预期的收入，而不是覆盖那些坏了的农作物的支出
coverage是和policies比较，因为都是名词

10.(230)Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, opened in 2010 and reigning as the world’s tallest building ever since, stands more than a half mile tall.

(A) opened in 2010 and reigning as the world’s tallest building ever since, stands
(B) which opened in 2010 and which is reigning as the world’s tallest building ever since, stands
(C) opened in 2010 and it has been reigning as the world’s tallest building ever since, standing
(D) which opened in 2010, has been reigning as the world’s tallest building ever since, and stands
(E) opened in 2010 and which has reigned as the world’s tallest building ever since, stands

A
B 两个which引导的从句时态不一致
C standing不对
D时态不一致
E which指代错误