以下是引用携隐在2005-5-12 9:42:00的发言:紫草MM,我觉得“持续发生的地震”和“发生多次的地震”还是有很大区别的。“持续性地震”的意思,并不等于occur frequently的意思。一次地震,可能会持续很久,不断有新的喷发,不断有余震,这都属于同一次地震。而occur frequently的意思,是经常发生不同的地震。这不符合原文意思。 同意! 这也是我上一个帖子的初衷. 昨天看了几道也是用ing分词的题目,我有一些新的体会。本题中之所以用ocurring,是否能解释为“正在发生”?只有正在发生,才能对应前面的will时态。用that从句的话,除非你也用is occurring时态,否则其他时态都和前面的will a quake时态不对应。(只有正在发生的地震,才“将要”破坏多少地域)。但如果真的用了that is occurring,你就把一个假设的事件变成一个真实的事件了。参见OG126题: 126. More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump," as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.
(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one
Choice B, the best answer, correctly and idiomatically uses the preposition like to introduce a comparison that is expressed , in a prepositional phrase. In A, as is used unidiomatically; in j comparison, as is properly employed as a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause. Choices C, D, and E are all faulty because the verb do suggests that the migrating pearls are presented as a real phenomenon, not as a figurative illustration. Also, in D, like is used ungrammatically to introduce a subordinate clause (pearls do ...); and in E, the phrase some other one, substituted for another, is awkward and wordy.
正确答案B表达一个假设事件,用的也是moving。 这里表达假设跟moving现在分词的使用无关. OG的解释是如果补出了谓语动词do就会变成一个真实事件. 言下之意, 没有do就不会存在这种暗示, 而不是因为moving才表达了假设的意思.
现在分词确实可以传达"正在发生"的含义, 但我还是相信作为限定修饰, 分词和从句只要时态用对(因为从句涉及时态), 没有明显差异, 不应该作为解题点.
OG223. As business grows more complex, students majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly successful in the job market.
(A) majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly
(B) who major in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are becoming more and more
(C) who majored in specialized areas such as those of finance and marketing are being increasingly
(D) who major in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming more and more (B)
(E) having majored in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are being increasingly
正确答案B里用了限定性从句who, 而不是majoring. 这是一个纯粹的ongoing condition的例子, 如果只有分词表达延续或正在进行, 非majoring莫属, 但B却用了从句. 可见, 不能依照延续/一次性, 或状态/事实来区分从句和分词. |