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OG2017上一道新的语法题有点意思

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发表于 2017-6-4 10:44:13 | 显示全部楼层
这道题我在做的时候也在CD之间犹豫,最后选了D 。说不出原因,就是语感。
但我在网上找了一个解析的版本,至少让我有点懂了。放出来大家一起交流。
题目分析:本题比较难。这句话节选于纽约时报,但纽约时报中的原句是本题中的错误选项。更为讨厌的是,如果不知道上下文,本句很难看懂。它的背景是,一个住在费城的小伙子在2009年想卖自己的房子。他是前几年房地产比较火的时候花了$76000买的,他还想按照原价卖出,理由虽然经济不好,但是他给房子做了一些升级,按照原价卖应该能卖出去。但是,事实是,现在他的房子只能卖到$45000了。后面就出现了这么一段:

Even in the best of times, it’s hard for individuals to objectively value their homes, which often reflect their sense of self and personal style. Making things even more difficult has been general market inactivity lately, if not paralysis, which has provided little in the way of pricing guidance. But by using online resources, investigating neighborhood trends, consulting real estate experts and perhaps even asking the opinions of brutally honest friends, homeowners can arrive at a reasonably accurate appraisal even in these uncertain times.
可以看出,这是一段“广告”,大概意思就是,就算是市场最好的时间,人们也不能客观的估计自己房子的价格,一般市场(房地产市场)的不活跃(这种不活跃几乎不能给房屋定价提供任何价格指导),如果还没瘫痪的话,让这个事情变得更加困难(因为吧,如果市场比较活跃的话,多少还能知道知道自己房子真正值多少钱,但是市场上都没人买,自然只能知道标价,不能知道真正的成交价格,也就是所谓的有价无市)。

选项分析:

选项A:本选项是一个倒装句,正常语序为: General market inactivity has been making things even more difficult. 这个倒装的原因是,最后的定语从句which has provided little in the way of pricing guidance需要紧挨自己的先行词general market inactivity。虽然这个倒装没什么问题,但是这句话中has been这个词是不对的,本选项的字面意思是: 市场的不活跃是让这个事情变得更加困难。 但在逻辑上应该是: “市场的不活跃是让这个事情变得更加困难的因素”或“市场的不活跃让这个事情变得更加困难” 因此,这个选项要么改为: General market inactivity has been what makes things even more difficult. 要么改为: General market inactivity makes things even more difficult.

选项B:there is general market inactivity和lately it has provided little in the way of pricing guidance是两个句子,这两个句子之间缺少连词。

选项C:lately是副词,在本选项中其修饰的是provide。但在逻辑上,lately应该修饰make things difficult,即,是“市场的不活跃最近让这个事情变得更糟”,而不是“市场的不活跃最近几乎不能给房屋定价提供任何价格指导”。这是因为,任何时候,市场的不活跃都无法指导定价,和“最近”没有关系。

选项D:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。句首的making things even more difficult lately是伴随状语。

选项E:本选项从that开始是表语从句,但是这个从句中没有谓语动词,可以直接排除。
发表于 2017-6-8 16:53:03 | 显示全部楼层
ORIGINAL SENTENCES ARE SHOWN BELOW, WITH SUBJECT RED-LABELLED
A: Making things even more difficult has been general market inactivity lately, if not paralysis, which has provided little in the way of pricing guidance.
D:Making things even more difficult lately, general market inactivity, if not paralysis, has provided little in the way of pricing guidance.

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CLEARLY THE CORRECT ANSWER IS D NOT A FOR 2 REASONS: STRUCTURE AND MAIN INFORMATION.
# STRUCTURE
IF.CL AND WHICH.CL, WHEN A STRUCTURE IMPLEMENT CORRECTLY, ARE APPOSITIVE AND COMPLEMENT RESPECTIVELY, SUCH REPEAT CREATES 'RUN-ON SENTENCE', WHICH MEANS 'A SENTENCE WITHOUT SUCH CORRECT STRUCTURE AS S+V+O'.
# MAIN INFORMATION
IN ADDITION, THE MAIN INFORMATION SHOULD BE 'SOMETHING PROVIDED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRICING GUIDELINE', UNLIKE A WHICH PUT SUCH INFORMATION ON COMPLEMENT.
ALWAYS BE CRITICAL, BROS AND SIS!
发表于 2017-7-1 05:57:25 | 显示全部楼层
弱弱滴问一下,想知道怎么判断lately修饰的是making还是provided呢?我感觉好像放哪边都说得通。。
发表于 2017-7-25 17:14:25 | 显示全部楼层
A. has been general market inactivity lately, if not paralysis, which has provided
是一个倒装句型,句子主语是inactivity,谓语是has been,宾语是** things even more difficult,结构没问题,但后面which引导的定语从句和inactivity之间隔了一个副词lately,使得定语从句无法修饰到inactivity(跳跃修饰不能跳跃副词和动词);另外,if not paralysis也是补充修饰inactivity的,中间也不能用副词lately隔开
B. there is general market inactivity, if not paralysis, lately it has provided
making的成分没有合理解释,不可能做主语,和there is之间没有逗号隔开也不能做句首修饰语,另外整句话的结构是there is inactivity it has provided,两个完整句子紧紧连在一起,犯了run-on sentence的结构错误
C. general market inactivity, if not paralysis, has lately provided
making的成分没有合理解释,做主语应该拿and将其和inactivity并列起来,做句首修饰语,应该拿逗号将其和general隔开
E. is that lately general market inactivity, if not paralysis, which provides
主干是making is that…,但从句中只有主语inactivity,没有动词,结构错误
发表于 2017-8-14 11:38:09 | 显示全部楼层
后面标答解析里其实讲得很清楚为什么不选A
1 这句的本意的正确顺序是general market inactivity has been making things even more difficult市场不活动,导致了事物不活跃,A这里倒装后导致if not paralysis修饰了主语making things……,但人家本来意思是想说如说“如果市场不瘫痪……”
2 后面解析说 if not paralysis一定要紧挨着general market inactivity,用逗号分开,并且没有其他任何成分阻碍,A选项这里的lately就阻碍了,而且which离market远也不太好
3 所以最好还是making……作为修饰,不作为宾语,这样后面关系更清晰
发表于 2017-9-22 21:22:59 | 显示全部楼层
奋斗的金融mmiao 发表于 2017-2-24 17:51
放下E不谈,我觉得除了A,其他三个选项的making things even more difficult 都作为initial modifier,所以 ...

E选项是fragment是因为that后要加从句啊,而选项里只是一个名词短语+从句。
另外我觉得A选项主语应该是making things部分吧
发表于 2017-9-23 11:36:39 | 显示全部楼层
这里提供一些思路供大家参考和交流:

Making things even more difficult lately是v-ing做修饰成分,逻辑主语就是主句主语market inactivity,用于修饰“主语怎么了”
if not paralysis是插入语,可以不看
整个结构可以是              ...的market inactivity has provided...
发表于 2017-9-30 12:00:03 | 显示全部楼层
L.Red 发表于 2016-8-1 17:54
感觉D有夹心嫌疑啊

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发表于 2017-9-30 12:45:29 | 显示全部楼层
我个人觉得,D是最好的。 我的做题方法可能比较粗暴。。。先是确定主谓宾。。基本的一个意思是,把事情变难不会提供一个价格指引。 所以主谓基本确定后,剩下CD。其中lately应该修饰making而不是provid,因为顺着说应该是,最近做了什么不会导致什么变化,而不是做了什么最近导致没有变化。
发表于 2017-10-5 21:20:20 | 显示全部楼层
猪小王 发表于 2017-1-5 04:21
说说我的理解:

Making things even more difficult has been general market inactivity lately, if not  ...

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