【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day27

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Ranyo

Day27
1.(11)Japanese researchers are producing a series of robots that can identify human facial expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating a robot that will empathize with us.
(A) expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating
(B) expressions, then responding to them; primarily to create
(C) expressions and then respond to them; the researchers' primary goal is to create
(D) expressions as well as giving a response to them; their primary goal is creation of
(E) expressions and responding to them; primarily, the researchers' goal is creating  

C*
A they指代不明；primarily位置不对；goal is creating好像是goal正在创造。
B responding 奇怪
D as well as不对 后面的goal的句子也不对
E 不平行


2.(12)In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.
(A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.
(B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.
(C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.
(D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.
(E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States record exports to Mexico caused a $500 million decline in the trade deficit with that country.  

B*
compared to/with后面一定要加具体统计数据？排除CDE。
这道题选A。B的its指代不明。

3.(13)Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.
(A) the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
(B) the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
(C) their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
(D) their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
(E) the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance
package is available to workers  

E*
unlike后面的东西一定要和主语一致，排除ABC。in order to表目的，不对，排除D。
这道题选D。


4.(14)Having finally reached a tentative labor agreement with its company's pilots, it must now be determined by the airline's board of directors how the airline can both increase profits and compete more effectively for customers than they did in the past.
(A) it must now be determined by the airline's board of directors how the airline can both increase profits and compete more effectively for customers than they did in the past

(B) it must now be determined by the airline's board of directors how the airline can both increase profits and must compete more effectively than in the past for customers

(C) the airline's board of directors must now determine both how to make the airline increase profits and compete more effectively for customers than they did in the past

(D) the airline's board of directors must now determine how the airline can both increase profits and compete more effectively for customers than it did in the past

(E) the airline's board of directors must now determine how the airline can both increase profits and also how to make it compete more effectively than in the past for customers  

D*
前面是having，后面主语必须是可以发出这个动作的，排除AB。
CE both位置不对


5.(15)Even though sub-Saharan Africa often evokes images of drought and famine, researchers say that the area is the home of more than 2,000 grains, vegetables, roots, fruits, and other foods that have the possibility for feeding the continent, even other parts of the world.
(A) have the possibility for feeding the continent, even
(B) have the possibility of feeding the continent, even of
(C) could feed the continent, so even with
(D) could feed the continent and even
(E) could possibly feed the continent and, in addition, for even  

D*
the continent和other parts of the world是互相独立的，所以要并列。
A probability of，排除。
B even of好像是和feeding并列，排除。
C so even with，不了解的结构。
E 各种错误。
Ron: “have the possibility of…” is an unidiomatic construction -- i'm pretty sure that this could never be correct, in any context, since it could always be replaced with can/could. 
(c) is not grammatically a sentence; if you use "so" as a conjunction, it should be followed by an independent clause (i.e., another complete sentence).



6.(16)In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.
(A) the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting
(B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, suggests
(C) she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
(D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests
(E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting  

B*
ACE会使句子缺少谓语动词，排除。
D 单复数不对。
这道题选D。blending of A, B and C suggests

7.(17)Rejecting the apprenticeship model of training social workers in philanthropic agencies, twentieth-century reformer Edith Abbott was convinced of social work education belonging in the university so that students could be offered a broad range of courses dealing with social issues.
(A) of social work education belonging in the university so that
(B) that social work education should be in the university, and that
(C) about the importance of social work education belonging in the university while
(D) that social work education belonged in the university, where
(E) of the necessity of social work education being in the university and  

B* 平行
the construction (preposition) + NOUN + VERBing is WRONG 排除ACE
B 不应该加逗号
选D。

8.(18)Bluegrass musician Bill Monroe, whose repertory, views on musical collaboration, and vocal style were influential on generations of bluegrass artists, was also an inspiration to many musicians, that included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music differed significantly from his own.
(A) were influential on generations of bluegrass artists, was also an inspiration to many musicians, that included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music differed significantly from
(B) influenced generations of bluegrass artists, also inspired many musicians, including Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music differed significantly from
(C) was influential to generations of bluegrass artists, was also inspirational to many musicians, that included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music was different significantly in comparison to
(D) was influential to generations of bluegrass artists, also inspired many musicians, who
included Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, the music of whom differed significantly when
compared to
(E) were an influence on generations of bluegrass artists, was also an inspiration to many musicians, including Elvis Presley and Jerry Garcia, whose music was significantly different from that of  

E*
CD was不对，排除。
比较的是音乐，选E。
选B。that of his own, redundant。排除E。A influential on 很奇怪。

9.(19)Although unhappy with the high rent her company was paying for its suburban office building, the chief executive recognized rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as far lower than it typically is for property that is located within the city limits.
(A) rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as far lower than it typically is for property that is located within the city limits
(B) rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as being far lower than what the rates typically
charged within the city limits had been for property located there
(C) rental rates typically being charged for property located within the city limits to be far lower as they typically were within the city limits for the property there
(D) that rental rates for buildings in the suburbs were far lower than rental rates typically being charged within the city limits for property located there
(E) that rental rates for buildings in the suburbs were far lower than those typically charged for property located within the city limits  

E*

10.(20)The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but, having no dangerous fangs and no venom, eventually, if its pursuer is not cowed by the performance, will fall over and play dead.
(A) broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but, having no dangerous fangs and no venom,
(B) broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom,
(C) broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
(D) broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
(E) broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and

E* 平行。
选C。
Ron: It should be C. This choice has better parallelism than does choice E, and is phrased in a way that makes MUCH more sense. Choice E, while not strictly ungrammatical, is a 'garden path sentence' - one that reads incorrectly the first couple of times your eyes run over it, and that only makes sense if you go back and read it several more times. 

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Day 27
1. C
A primarily create is differrnt from primate goal
B no subject after;
D identify and giving not parallel
E same as D

2. A
BCD compare trade imbalance to the USA
E trade imbalance and record

3. D
ABC wrong comparision
E the last day that they are to collect means collect the day

4. D
AB it
CE both and

5. D
and两个句子平行

6. D
images suggests

7.D
students are offered courses in the university

8. C 错了B
主语是repertory, views on musical collaboration, and vocal style，不用was
9. E
10. C