2016 OG 第53题

lbj9504

53.  Reporting that one of its many problems had been the recent extended sales slump in women’s apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month
liquidation sale in all of its stores.
(A) its many problems had been the recent
(B) its many problems has been the recently
(C) its many problems is the recently
(D) their many problems is the recent
(E) their many problems had been the recent
正确答案为A，不明白recent extended sales SLUMP和 recently extended sales slump有什么区别？为什么选A不选B.

winnie330

选A不选B的原因有两个：一个是这里修饰的是后面的sales slump, 是名词，因此这里只能用adj.即recent而非recently;另外B最大的问题在于时态。从后面的the seven-store retailer said it would...可以看出这个句子是用过去时写的，那么many problems后面肯定是要过去的过去，接had been。

msmt1210

thank you

lbj9504

winnie330 发表于 2015-8-2 18:18
选A不选B的原因有两个：一个是这里修饰的是后面的sales slump, 是名词，因此这里只能用adj.即recent而非rec ...

谢谢回复，明白了。