【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day39

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Day39 (错两题）
1.(131)Today's technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.     
(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in
(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in
答案：C
Their指代不明，manufacturers or cars? 排除A；than比较前面没有be动词，排除B；more fuel-efficient small cars有歧义，排除D E

2.(132)A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were about one third less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease as those who ate no nuts at all.              
(A) as those who ate
(B) as women who ate
(C) as those eating
(D) than women eating
(E) than were those who ate
答案：E
Less likely …than…排除A B C；women eating不平行，排除D；比较前面部分有be动词，后部分可给出，选E

3.(133)A recently published report indicates that the salaries of teachers continue to lag far behind other college-educated professionals, because they make an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less a year by the time they reach the age of 50.      
(A) other college-educated professionals, because they make an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less
(B) other college-educated professionals, by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, to almost $24,000
(C) what other college-educated professionals are paid--making an average of nearly $8,000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost $24,000 less
(D) those of other college-educated professionals--by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers to almost $24,000 less
(E) those of other college-educated professionals--by an average of nearly $8,000 a year at the start of their careers, and by almost $24,000
答案：C
The salaries比较，排除A B；an average of nearly $8,000 a year 有歧义，排除D；改变句意，排除E


4.(134)If a drug that is already on the market has the potential to help adults and children who have the same disease, or if it is widely used in children and the absence of labeling seems dangerous, the FDA can require that the drug undergo pediatric study.   
(A) that the drug undergo
(B) that the drug undergoes
(C) that the drug is to undergo
(D) the drug undergoing
(E) the drug to have to undergo
答案：A
Require that 主语+动词原形，选择A

5.(135)Whereas high speeds generally cannot be achieved by ramjets without their initially being assisted by a rocket, a scramjet, or supersonic combustion ramjet, can attain high speeds by reducing airflow compression at the entrance of the engine and letting air pass through at supersonic speeds.      
(A) Whereas high speeds generally cannot be achieved by ramjets without their initially being assisted by
(B) Whereas a ramjet generally cannot achieve high speeds without the initial assistance of
(C) With ramjets, high speeds generally are not able to be achieved without initially being assisted by
(D) Unlike with ramjets, generally unable to achieve high speeds without the initial assistance of
(E) Although a ramjet generally does not have the capability of achieving high speeds without the initial assistance from
答案：B
High speeds与scramjet比较对象不平等，being assisted不简洁，排除A； Being assisted不简洁排除C；unlike with ramjets排除D；have the capability of doing 不简洁，排除E

6.(136)The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street's estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.  
(A) The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street's estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.
(B) The report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing Wall Street's estimates, and they announced the first in a series of price cuts that they intend to increase sales further.
(C) Surpassing Wall Street's estimates, the report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, and, for the purpose of increasing sales further, they announced the first in a series of price cuts.
(D) The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of increasing sales further that surpass Wall Street's estimates.
(E) The computer company, surpassing Wall Street's estimates, reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing that to increase sales further, there would be the first in a series of price cuts.
答案：A
Surpassing 无法修饰earnings排除B；the report为surpass的动作发出者，错误，排除C；while表转折，逻辑关系不恰当，排除D E

7.(137)Blaming its recent troubles on a widening recession and slow rate of technology spending, the computer company announced that it would cut 10 percent of its workforce--more than 2,000 jobs--and expected to report a loss in its third quarter.        
(A) company announced that it would cut 10 percent of its workforce--more than 2,000 jobs--and expected to report a
(B) company announced that there would be a cut--10 percent of its workforce, which was more than 2,000 jobs--and expected a reported
(C) company announced the cutting of its workforce by 10 percent, more than 2,000 jobs, and it expected a reported
(D) company's announcement included the cutting of its workforce by 10 percent, or more than 2,000 jobs, and expecting to report a
(E) company's announcement included cutting its workforce--which is more than 2,000 jobs--and expecting there to be a reported
答案：C
And expected to report 不平行，排除A；Which代指workforce，错误，排除B
Company’s announcement无法发出blame这个动作，排除D E

8.(138)A middleweight black hole weighs in at roughly 500 solar masses, hundreds of times more massive than the lightweight black holes produced by the collapse of individual stars, but thousands or even millions of times less in its mass as the heavyweight giants that lurk in the centers of galaxies.      
(A) thousands or even millions of times less in its mass as
(B) it is thousands or even millions of times less massive as
(C) thousands or even millions of times less massive than
(D) yet it is thousands or even millions times less massive than
(E) yet it is thousands or even millions of times less in its mass than
答案：C
Less…than搭配排除A B; but 与yet重复排除D E

9.(139)Taste buds are onion-shaped structures with between 50 and 100 taste cells, each of them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore.           
(A) them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore
(B) them that have fingerlike projections that poke through an opening located at the top of the taste bud, which they call the taste pore
(C) which has fingerlike projections poking through the opening, called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud
(D) which having fingerlike projections that poke through an opening, which is called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud
(E) which have fingerlike projections that are poking through an opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore
答案：C
Each of them后面不接句子排除A； each与have主谓不一致，排除B；each of which后面接从句，排除D；each与which have主谓不一致，排除E
10.(140)By offering lower prices and a menu of personal communications options, such as caller identification and voice mail, the new telecommunications company has not only captured customers from other phone companies but also forced them to offer competitive prices.   
(A) has not only captured customers from other phone companies but also forced them
(B) has not only captured customers from other phone companies, but it also forced them
(C) has not only captured customers from other phone companies but also forced these companies
(D) not only has captured customers from other phone companies but also these companies have been forced
(E) not only captured customers from other phone companies, but it also has forced them
答案：C
Not only…but also平行对称，排除B D E；A？

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1.

答案：C

解析：

A.today与now语义重复，错误。their完全指代，错误。

B.they，their完全指代，错误。

D.their完全指代，错误。make more fuel-efficient small cars的more有修饰歧义，可以是更加fuel-efficient，也可以是更多cars。

E.today与now语义重复，错误。make more fuel-efficient small cars，可以是更加fuel-efficient，也可以是更多cars。

2.

答案：E

解析：

A.as使用错误，比较级less应该搭配than。

B.as使用错误，比较级less应该搭配than。

C.as使用错误，比较级less应该搭配than。

D.than前后结构不平行，错误，两个结构平行并列，前一个结构使用了“women who ate nuts”，因为两个动作同时发生，所以后面一个结构也要使用过去时。

3.

答案：E

解析：

A.比较对象不对等，错误。and前后结构不平行，错误。

B.比较对象不对等，错误。

C.and前后结构不平行，错误。

D.less多余，导致前后结构不平行，而且less与lag far behind语意重复，错误。

4.

答案：A

解析：

A.require表示要求，要使用虚拟语气，而这里省略了虚拟语气的should，所以undergo呈现出动词原形。

B.一般现在时时态错误。

C.is to require...（？）

D.require后面应该接that宾语从句。

E.require后面应该接that宾语从句。require与have to...语义重复，错误。

5.

答案：B

解析：

A.being冗余。逻辑主语错误。

C.being冗余。are not able to be不如cannot简洁。逻辑主语错误。

D.unlike with错误，后面应该直接接名词。少主语，错误。

E.have the capability of achieving表达不简洁，wordy。

6.

答案：A

解析：

B.they指代不明。price cuts后面没有必要使用that宾语从句，wordy。

C.逻辑主语错误。they指代不明。

D.句子重心和句意改变，错误，announced...在原句中是主干成分且是与reported并列的，这里while announcing...变成了伴随成分。

E.逻辑主语错误。句子重心和句意改变，错误，announced...在原句中是主干成分且是与reported并列的，这里while announcing...变成了伴随成分。

7.

答案：A

解析：

B. which就近修饰公司的所有workforce，而不是被削减的那些，造成歧义。there would be...表达不简洁。逻辑句意改变，错误，原句expected to report a loss表明loss还未发生，而这里expected a  reported loss表示loss已发生。

C.it指代不明。逻辑句意改变，错误，原句expected to report a loss表明loss还未发生，而这里expected a  reported loss表示loss已发生。

D.逻辑主语错误。and前后结构不平行，错误。

E.逻辑主语错误。which就近修饰公司的所有workforce，而不是被削减的那些，造成歧义。there to be...表达不简洁。逻辑句意改变，错误，原句expected to report a loss表明loss还未发生，而这里a  reported loss表示loss已发生。

8.

答案：C

解析：

A.as使用错误，比较级less应该与than搭配。in its导致than的前后结构与主句的than结构不平行，错误。

B.as使用错误，比较级less应该与than搭配。it is导致but前后结构不平行，错误。

D.but yet语意重复。it is导致but前后结构不平行，错误。

E.in its导致than的前后结构与主句的than结构不平行，错误。but yet语意重复。it is导致but前后结构不平行，错误。

9.

答案：C

解析：

A.called the taste pore就近修饰taste bud，造成歧义，taste pore指的是an opening。each of them...并不是从句，而是完整的句子，所以与前句之间缺少连词连接，错误。

B.主谓不一致，错误。them和that都是代词，重复。which从句就近修饰taste bud，错误。each of them...并不是从句，而是完整的句子，所以与前句之间缺少连词连接，错误。

D.第一个which从句少谓语，错误。

E.主谓不一致，错误。.called the taste pore就近修饰taste bud，造成歧义，taste pore指的是an opening。

10.

答案：C

解析：

A.them指代不明，错误。

B.it多余，导致not only...but also...前后结构不平行，错误。them指代不明，错误。

D.not only...but also...前后结构不平行，错误。

E.not only...but also...前后结构不平行，错误。them指代不明，错误。

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