【求助】95年10月语法第8题

hebbechou

95年10月真题语法第8题为：
                     of the mourning dove is made only by the male.
(A)  That the sad cooing call
(B)  The sad cooing call
(C)  Is the sad cooing call
(D)  The cooing call is sad.
答案选择: B

答案的分析是：主谓宾全，of前接名词，A中that多余。

参考翻译：那种斑鸠悲伤的咕咕声只有公的才发出。

但是我看了戴云和王海波编的《TOEFL语法满分精要》里Page31中说到：
        用以连接宾语从句的that可以省略，但用以连接主语从句和表语从句的that一般是不可以省略的。在TOEFL考试中常有用省略引导主语从句的that来作为错句的例子。如：
[误]  The students are less interested in maths than in physics is obvious.
[正]  That the students are less interested in maths than in physics is obvious.
[误]  Travelling by air is faster, more comfrotable but more expensive than travelling by train is a fact recognized by all.
[正]  That travelling by air is faster, more comfrotable but more expensive than travelling by train is a fact recognized by all.

经典考题：
That xenon could not form chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.（1991年1月）

我想请问上面那道题目和书上的解释矛盾吗？我有些费解！

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-8-14 11:46:29编辑过]

com198

95年10月真题语法第8题为：
                     of the mourning dove is made only by the male.
(A)  That the sad cooing call
(B)  The sad cooing call
(C)  Is the sad cooing call
(D)  The cooing call is sad.
我觉得这道题是一个简单句,如果选A的话是缺少谓语的,构不成一个从句

水滴石穿

这跟王海波的那道题不同,你如果选A整个句子就成了从句.IS是从句的谓语.而王的ARE是从句谓语,整个THAT引导的从句做主语.IS是主句的谓语.  注意它们的不同之处:

                     of the mourning dove is made only by the male.
[正]  That the students are less interested in maths than in physics is obvious.

hebbechou

谢谢，我已经明白了。