1.(173)The widely accepted big-bang theory holds that the universe began in an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and has been expanding ever since. A
大爆炸理论认为宇宙起源于一次100亿到200亿年前的爆炸的瞬间,宇宙自从那时起逐渐扩展。
A. that the universe began in an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and has been expanding
B. that the universe had begun in an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and had been expanding --没必要过去完成时
C. that the beginning of the universe was an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago that has expanded 改变句意,宇宙的开始是瞬间,第二个that不知道指代什么
D. the beginning of the universe to have been an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago that is expanding 改变句意,宇宙的开始是瞬间,且the beginning of to have繁琐
E. the universe to have begun in an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and has been expanding –and前后holds和has been expanding平行意思错误
2.(174)Often major economic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the financial markets. C错误--应为A
主要的经济转变是循序渐进的,以至于不易从金融市场普通的经济波动中被发现。
A.so gradual as to be indistinguishable ---so as to注意
B.so gradual so that they can be indistinguishable---so that结构 后面so多余
C.so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished ---不如indistinguishable简洁
D. gradual enough not to be distinguishable ---enough主观判断错误
E. gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them--- enough主观判断错误;one没有指代
3.(175)Experts estimate that ten times as much petroleum exists in sources like tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even in shale than in conventional reservoirs. D
专家预测P物质会10倍出现在如…的一些资源中比传统水库中。
A.sources like tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even in shale than-- like不能列举;as…as不用than
B.sources like tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even in shale than are-- like不能列举;as…as不用than
C.such sources as tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even in shale as are---are多余
D.such sources as tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even shale as—正确
E.such sources as tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even shale than ---as much as不用than
1.A——DE that省略错;C从句主语不对;B 过去发生持续现在 have been doing;
2.A——DE enough..that/so..排;B so... so that冗余,C be able/unable to be 永远错
3.D——AB like,举例永远such as,排;整句是as much........as..,E中有than,排;C 有in are,不对称,排
2.C(错,正确选项A)
So...that,太…而不能
So...that和so…as to的区别:so…that可以用作多个主语,so前的主语和that后的主语可以不一样;so…as to一般用于单一主语,不能相隔太远,一般为so adj. as to verb
而de的enough:…enough that/so as to/so to/so that都不对
C与a的另一个区别:unable:偏向事物本身无法,所以they are unable to distinguished不合理,不是他们本身无法被察觉到(经济变化是可以被察觉的),只不过是人主观无法被察觉的,事物本身没有阻止被察觉。
所以C不对,主要原因就是unable to be distinguished不如indistinguishable简洁和好。