小兵张嘎的语法难题之五（4、5）

小兵张嘎

1、
One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive （that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.）


(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries.

答案是C，可A错在哪儿？

2、
In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes（ mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.）
(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease

答案是C，请问A错在哪儿？

3、
Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the art of Ndebele women,（ whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house.）
(A) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house
(B) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses
(C) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house
(D) with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses
(E) with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses
我选了B，答案是A。请分析一下A、B。多谢！

大浪

1). directive + v-ing as directive is effective for a period.
2). without being is enough.  their is redundant.
3). A: in a style modify the murals.  In B, symmetries & style is pararrel with the main clause, chaning the original structure.  Also, amoung has different meaning from "from to "

hexin

1) A最 主 要 的 缺 点 是 1.prohibit from doing, 而 它 用 了 prohibit from sale, 2.被 动 语 态
3) A， their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house是 独 立 主 格 。
B， 最 主 要 的 问 题 是 their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses是 完 整 的 一 句 话 ，与 前 面 要 有 连 词 或 ‘；’ 连 接 。