【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day24

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Day 24 BBAEB AECDA

Ranyo

Day24
1.(222)In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.
A.the numbers of trucks alone
B.that number of trucks alone
C.the number of trucks by themselves
D.as many trucks themselves        
E.as many trucks by themselves

B*
by themselves，感觉是truck的行为，排除。
应该是number，选B。


2.(223)Humans have been damaging the environment for centuries by overcutting trees and farming too intensively, and though some protective measures, like the establishment of national forests and wildlife sanctuaries, having been taken decades ago, great increases in population and in the intensity of industrialization are causing a worldwide ecological crisis.
A.though some protective measures, like the establishment of national forests and wildlife sanctuaries, having been taken decades ago, great increases in population
B.though some protective measures, such as the establishment of national forests and wildlife sanctuaries, were taken decades ago, great increases in population
C.though some protective measures, such as establishing national forests and wildlife sanctuaries having been taken decades ago, great population increases
D.with some protective measures, like establishing national forests and wildlife sanctuaries that were taken decades ago, great increases in population            
E.with some protective measures, such as the establishment of national forests and wildlife sanctuaries, having been taken decades ago, great population increases

B*
后面应该是great increases in population，排除CE。
like后面加名词，排除D。A前面的句子里没有谓语，选B。

3.(224)Fossils of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have been recovered by paleontologists.
A.that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have
B.that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and then was subsequently butchered by hominids has
C.that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago, which was subsequently butchered by hominids, has
D.having been beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and subsequently butchered by hominids, have      
E.having beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and then subsequently were butchered by hominids have

A*
fossils，后面应该是have，排除BC。E then subsequently redundant。 D不应该加逗号。

4.(225)Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, and compared with sport utility vehicles, most cost less, get better gas mileage, and make it easy for passengers to get in and out, and have a smoother, more car-like ride.
A.and make it easy for passengers to get in and out
B.and allow passengers to get in and out easily
C.and allow passengers to get in and out more easily
D.make it easier for passengers when getting in and out      
E.allow passengers to get in and out more easily

E*
平行，排除ABC。D when getting in and out不知道动作发出者是谁，选E。

5.(226)Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.
A.based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
B.based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of
C.and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
D.and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting      
E.and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited

B*
such like，错，排除AE。
basing前面不应该加and，排除C。
平行，选B。

6.(227)The state has proposed new rules that would set minimum staffing levels for nurses, rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room.
A.rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room
B.rules with the intent of ensuring one nurse at least to be assigned for every four patients to be put through triage in a hospital emergency room
C.rules intending to ensure at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients in a hospital emergency room put through triage
D.with the intent of ensuring that at least one nurse should be assigned for every four patients in a hospital emergency room that are put through triage         
E.and this is intended to ensure one nurse at least to be assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room

A*
at least one nurse，排除BE。
intended正确，因为rules无法主动有意图，排除C。
put through triage 进行分诊
You can only use "ensure" in two ways:
1/ "ensure that (sentence)"
2/ "ensure NOUN"

7.(228)So dogged were Frances Perkins' investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.
A.and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,
B.and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that
C.her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that
D.lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,      
E.so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that

E*
so…that

8.(229)In California today, Hispanics under the age of eighteen account for more than 43 percent, compared with a decade ago, when it was about 35 percent.
A.In California today, Hispanics under the age of eighteen account for more than 43 percent, compared with a decade ago, when it was about 35 percent.
B.Of the Californians under the age of eighteen, today more than 43 percent of them are Hispanic, compared with a decade ago, when it was about 35 percent.
C.Today, more than 43 percent of Californians under the age of eighteen are Hispanic, compared with about 35 percent a decade ago.
D.Today, compared to a decade ago, Californians who are Hispanics under the age of eighteen account for more than 43 percent, whereas it was about 35 percent.        
E.Today, Hispanics under the age of eighteen in California account for more than 43 percent, unlike a decade ago, when it was about 35 percent.

C*
compared to后面必须直接加统计数据，排除D。unlike后面不可以加状语，排除E。

9.(230)At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company’s powerful microprocessor chip.
A.including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for
B.which includes the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and declining sales of
C.included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
D.among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of         
E.among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales for

A*
as well as，排除CE。
B include，排除。C including，排除。
AD之间纠结。
应该选D。including among them，redundant.

10.(231)Currently 26 billion barrels a year, world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of 2 percent annually.
A.world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of
B.the world is consuming oil at an increasing rate of
C.the world’s oil is being consumed at the increasing rate of
D.the rise in the rate of the world’s oil consumption is        
E.oil is consumed by the world at an increasing rate of

A*
前面的26billion barrels后面直接加world consumption。

Robertt

D24
1. A. numbers错误，twice后面要跟单数的number，即twice the number；但是改为the number后，指代特定的数字还是用that number更为明确
2. like只表示比较，不表示举例，举例用such as。C：cuch as前后不平行；great population increases与and in the intensity不平行。
3. 主语fossils，has错误排除BC；现在分词的完成式having done不做后置定语
4. C：划线部分第一个and破坏了平行结构。结构：Minivans [carry …,] and [compared with sport utility vehicles, most cost …, get better …, allow …, and have …]
5. such as举例惯用法排除ACE；D不平行
6. 第二个rules做第一个rules的同位语。
7. so…so that结构，so that 倒装
8. C：compared with后面跟的是35 percent，其实可以直接选了。
9. C：尾三词的sales for不是正确的习惯用语，只有sales of；declining sales for应为decline in sales of…才能和前面的the threat of 逻辑含义上平行；as well as错误，两件平行的事情被分了主次。
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