几道语法题

Dinaxie

首先强烈感谢wycg and xizzhu,谢谢你们详细准确的回答，还有你们的好心（一定会有好报的！）这里还有几题，拿出来向大家请教一下：

Collagen, a strong rubbery protein, supports the ear flaps and the tip of nose in humans.

答案为C，可是不明白，怎么改？请指教！

The lower  　　　　　　　 in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.

A. the level of lighting       B. light level

不明白B为何不对？

A patrilineal extended family consists of core group of males, their wives, and their unmarried daughters.

答案为B, 是否需要加上a (group of) ？用一个adj.(core)　代替a 不行吗？

Citrus fruits thrive in quiet very tropical climates.

答案C, 是否quiet very 重复？请问你们是根据什么判断的（语感吗？我可是感觉不出来呀，怎么办？）？考试时遇见这种题，如何应付？

xizzhu

以下是引用Dinaxie在2006-3-10 23:32:00的发言：

首先强烈感谢wycg and xizzhu,谢谢你们详细准确的回答，还有你们的好心（一定会有好报的！）这里还有几题，拿出来向大家请教一下：

Collagen, a strong rubbery protein, supports the ear flaps and the tip of the nose in humans.

答案为C，可是不明白，怎么改？请指教！the pattern is :  the .... of a  + noun  OR  the...of the + noun.  by the way, through this sentence, we also need to know "humans" is correct.   humans = human beings

The lower  　　　　　　　 in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.

A. the level of lighting       B. light level

不明白B为何不对？"the + B", the light level would be correct.

A patrilineal extended family consists of  a core group of males, their wives, and their unmarried daughters.

答案为B, 是否需要加上a (group of) ？yes, a group of  is a phrase  用一个adj.(core)　代替a 不行吗？No,

Citrus fruits thrive in quiet very tropical climates.

答案C, 是否quiet very 重复？请问你们是根据什么判断的（语感吗？我可是感觉不出来呀，怎么办？）？考试时遇见这种题，如何应付？

'quite very tropical climates'  is incorrect. this is a 词法题.

1).  quite = very in American English.  so, we cannot say "quite very".  but we can say: "quite a/an  + noun"  for examples: quite a girl, quite a nice day.

2).   "tropical " 是应该没有等级的 (non-gradable). "tropical " is non-gradable.       "tropical climates" = (术语) 热带气候.  so we cannot say: 'very tropical climates'   or  ' quite a tropical climate'

Some adjectives and adverbs refer to qualities which are gradable - we can have more or less of them.  For example, people can be more or less interesting or old; jobs can be more or less difficult; cars can go more or less fast.  Other adjectives and adverbs refer to non-gradable qualities - we do not usually say that things are more or less perfect, impossible , dead or "tropical".

3). quite very ====> humid/moist/dry  or just simply crossing out "quite very".          thus, the correct sentences are:

(A). Citrus fruits  thrive  in  humid/dry  tropical climates.
(B). Citrus fruits  thrive  in   tropical climates.
(C). Citrus fruits  thrive  in moist,  tropical climates
(D). Citrus fruits  thrive  in  Moist Tropical Climates.

i prefer ( B): it sounds like you're a scientist.

4).  考试时遇见这种题，如何应付？这题用排除知道选C if we don't how come "quite very" is wrong.

HTH (Hope That Helps)

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Dinaxie

谢谢xizzhu的精彩回答，很详细！关于第２题，我本来也选的B，可是答案是A，会不会是答案给错了？

The lower  　　　　　　　 in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.

A. the level of lighting       B. light level

Dinaxie

以下是引用Dinaxie在2006-3-11 12:10:00的发言：

谢谢xizzhu的精彩回答，很详细！关于第２题，我本来也选的B，可是答案是A，会不会是答案给错了？

The lower  　　　　　　　 in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.

A. the level of lighting       B. light level

今天又想了想，可能the作为限定词，修饰level吧，类似于our作为限定词，修饰eyes,这样就对等了。对吗？

xizzhu

以下是引用Dinaxie在2006-3-12 23:19:00的发言：

今天又想了想，可能the作为限定词，修饰level吧，类似于our作为限定词，修饰eyes,这样就对等了。对吗？

agree