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Q1:
Socially and environmentally responsible investing is on the rise: last year in the United States, over $2 trillion was invested in funds that screen companies according to a variety of criteria such as adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights.
A. according to a variety of criteria such as
B. according to a variety of such criteria, as by
C. according to such a variety of criteria as by
D. in accordance with such a variety of criteria as
E. in accordance with a variety of criteria, such as by
answer why not A? 偶的意见是A. 有原文.
Q2:
The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
A. banked with dirt to a height of
B. banked with dirt as high as that of
C. banked them with dirt to a height of
D. was banked with dirt as high as
E. was banked with dirt as high as that of
answer: A 偶的答案是D, 因为房子可以banked,而非framework.
Q3:
For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.
A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has Remained
answer:E
Q4:
Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power, while in Germany it is just
over 33 percent.
A. while in Germany it is just over 33 percent
B. compared to Germany, which uses just over 33 percent
C. whereas nuclear power accounts for just over 33 percent of the energy produced in Germany
D. whereas just over 33 percent of the energy comes from nuclear power in Germany
E. compared with the energy from nuclear power in Germany, where it is just over 33 percent.
answer 偶同意, C不并列.
Q5:
At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company,including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company’s powerful micro-processor chip.
A. including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patentinfringement suit and the declining sales for
B. which includes the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and declining sales of
C. included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patentinfringement suit as well as a
decline in sales for
D. among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of
E. among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as the decline in
sales for
Answer: B or D? 偶的意见是D. B不对.
Q6:
According to a recent study of consumer spending on prescription medications, increases in the sales of the 50 drugs that were advertised most heavily accounts for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of which came fromsales of the 9,850 prescription medicines that companies did not advertise or advertised very little.
A. heavily accounts for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of which came
B. heavily were what accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year; the remainder of the increase coming
C. heavily accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of the increase coming
D. heavily, accounting for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, while the remainder of the increase came
E. heavily, which accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year, with the remainder of it coming
Answer:A偶的答案是C. 偶选C，时态，独立主格，A的时态错
Q7:
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.
A. movies—less than those
B. movies—fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones
answer 偶选B.
· In two years, a total of 348 people have died in seven countries in attacks that could be loosely linked with al-Qaeda or its many affiliates and emulators ----far fewer than have been killed by bolts of lightning in the same period.
· 破折号----在一个句子的前面或后面加入额外的注释
· National Geographic documentaries and movies such as "Jaws"
have fed people's fears of shark attacks for decades...fears
of the Great White Shark.
Such fears, however, are largely unfounded. According to
Nature Publishing Group, "Only seven people this century have
been killed by the Great White Shark, the man-eater of the
movies -- fewer than the number killed by bee stings."
Q8:
The city has proposed a number of water treatment and conservation projects the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that even environmentalists are beginning to raise alarms.
A. the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that
B. at a cost raising water bills so high that
C. at a cost which raises water bills high enough so
D. whose cost will raise water bills so high that
E. whose cost will raise water bills high enough so that
answer 偶同意.
Q9:
By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.
A. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
D. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges
Answer:E 偶同意.
· For Bertelesmann, the deal boosted its share of the US book market to 10 percent from 6 percent.
1、When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some, 4000 existed in the US, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
a、there are less than one-quarter that many
b、there are fewer than one-quarter as many
c、there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
d、the number is less than one-quarter the amount
AMOUNT不可数; NUMBER可数;这里是指数字,2者皆可这里错误在于LESS和NUMBER的不一致.
e、it is less than one-quarter of that amount
应该选C.
· According to public health officials, in 1998 M became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
a. than
b. than born
c. than they are
d. than there had been
e. than had been born
偶选A
In 1996, Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women 30 and older than to women under 30, and the trend has only escalated since.
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· As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted , this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.
a. As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing
b. As heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted , with the result that the act of stinging causes
c. The honeybee’s stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted , results in the fact that the act of stinging causes 选(C)
d. The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted , and results in the act of stinging causing 不对
e. The honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes | 
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