【揽瓜阁语法打卡小分队】Day131

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(A) Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating. (B) Since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier, the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations after the United Nations declared the aqueduct to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985. (C) After being declared a Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations in 1985, the Spanish government began renovations on the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier. (D) In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman Aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity and prompted the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier. (E) In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia a Heritage of Humanity, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier. 2.        (302)Cross-scheduling software will allow the company both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent them from competing internally for staffers by, for example, offering wage hikes at a particular locations. A) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent them B) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and prevent these stores C) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent these stores D) to both allocate salespeople to specific stores and prevent them E) to both allocate salespeople to specific stores, preventing them 3.        (303)Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast, by living more than 40 years after his initial diagnosis. (A) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast, (B) causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast, (C) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds (D) causes death within 3 to 5 years of the average onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, by contrast, (E) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the average onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds 4.        (304)To this day, researchers and theorists debate whether bubonic plague caused The Black Death, a pandemic that swept the world in the middle of the fourteenth century. (A) whether (B) whether or not (C) about whether (D) as to whether (E) if 5.        (305)While the thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms, unlike roses that grow in temperate climates, though, the thorns of desert roses also serve as reservoirs for water to forestall the ever-present threat of dehydration. (A) While the thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms, unlike roses (B) All roses’ protective thorns dissuade predators from feeding on their blooms; unlike those (C) The thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms; unlike those of roses (D) While all roses’ thorns are protective, they dissuade predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms; unlike those of roses (E) The thorns of all roses are protective and dissuade predators feeding on their blooms, however, unlike those 6.        (306)Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit. (A) Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit. (B) Despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers today, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit. (C) Despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit. (D) Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit at the time of the Civil War. (E) Today, because of widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit. 7.        （307）Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist Italian and Slavs in its ranks. (A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting (B) Where once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice for the support of (C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in support of (D) While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice in supporting (E) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in its supporting of 8.        （308）Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as “fireships,” vessels filled with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder, and tar and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored Spanish fleet. A. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing B. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing C. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing D. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrifice E. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the defeat of the Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice 9.        （309）Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and the obsession for Beanie Babies in the 1990s. A. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and B. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as C. Coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, examples of "tulipomania" include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as D. Coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, "tulipomania" includes examples such as speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and E. "Tulipomania," coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, included speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and 10.        （310）Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts, which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size, are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages. A. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size B. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size C. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size D. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a walnut's large size E. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size

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1.        (301)Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating.

(A) Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating.
its指代不清
(B) Since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier, the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations after the United Nations declared the aqueduct to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985.
its指代不清
(C) After being declared a Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations in 1985, the Spanish government began renovations on the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.
the spanish government不是being declared a heritage of humanity
(D) In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman Aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity and prompted the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.
declare to be有歧义
(E) In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia a Heritage of Humanity, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.

2.        (302)Cross-scheduling software will allow the company both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent them from competing internally for staffers by, for example, offering wage hikes at a particular locations.

A) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent them有歧义
B) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and prevent these stores不平行
C) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent these stores
D) to both allocate salespeople to specific stores and prevent them不平行
E) to both allocate salespeople to specific stores, preventing them
不平行

3.        (303)Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast, by living more than 40 years after his initial diagnosis.

(A) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast,
on average有歧义
(B) causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast,
on average有歧义
(C) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds
(D) causes death within 3 to 5 years of the average onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, by contrast,
average有歧义
(E) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the average onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds
of the average有歧义

4.        (304)To this day, researchers and theorists debate whether bubonic plague caused The Black Death, a pandemic that swept the world in the middle of the fourteenth century.

(A) whether
includes a choice and an alternative
(B) whether or not
in GMAT, "whether or not" is redundant, "whether" by itself indicates the full meaning
(C) about whether
(D) as to whether
(E) if

5.        (305)While the thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms, unlike roses that grow in temperate climates, though, the thorns of desert roses also serve as reservoirs for water to forestall the ever-present threat of dehydration.

(A) While the thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms, unlike roses
thorns和roses对比不合适
(B) All roses’ protective thorns dissuade predators from feeding on their blooms; unlike those
thorns和those对比不合适
(C) The thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms; unlike those of roses
(D) While all roses’ thorns are protective, they dissuade predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms; unlike those of roses
redundancy
(E) The thorns of all roses are protective and dissuade predators feeding on their blooms, however, unlike those
thorns和those对比不合适

6.        (306)Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.

(A) Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.
(B) Despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers today, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.
today就近修饰有歧义
(C) Despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.
counterfeiting对比at the time不合适
(D) Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit at the time of the Civil War.
counterfeiting对比when不合适
(E) Today, because of widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.
逻辑关系不通

7.        （307）Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist Italian and Slavs in its ranks.

(A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting
where可以表达转折
(B) Where once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice for the support of
时态用过去完成时
(C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in support of
没有while once的用法，且in support of有歧义
(D) While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice in supporting
时态用过去完成时
(E) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in its supporting of
acquiesced to.. in its supporting of

8.        （308）Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as “fireships,” vessels filled with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder, and tar and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored Spanish fleet.

A. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing
not the reason stymieing
B. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing
不平行
C. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing
不平行
D. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrifice
not the reason stymieing
E. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the defeat of the Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice

9.        （309）Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and the obsession for Beanie Babies in the 1990s.

A. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and
bubbles in ... and..., and obsession for
B. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as
C. Coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, examples of "tulipomania" include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as
not examples coined from
D. Coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, "tulipomania" includes examples such as speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and
tulipomania include examples doesn't make sense
E. "Tulipomania," coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, included speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and
Tulipomania include bubbles, real estate.. doesn't make sense

10.        （310）Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts, which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size, are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages.

A. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
复数
B. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
复数
C. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
exceeds
D. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a walnut's large size
sprouts exceeds a walnut's large size
E. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size

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4. To this day, researchers and theorists debate whether bubonic plague caused The Black Death, a pandemic that swept the world in the middle of the fourteenth century.
(A) whether
(C) about whether
躲过了whether or not的冗余，没躲过about

7. Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist Italian and Slavs in its ranks.

(A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting
(B) Where once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice for the support of
(C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in support of
(D) While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice in supporting
(E) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in its supporting of
只有where once，没有while once

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1.        (301)Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating.

(A) Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating.

(B) Since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier, the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations after the United Nations declared the aqueduct to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985.

(C) After being declared a Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations in 1985, the Spanish government began renovations on the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.

(D) In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman Aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity and prompted the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.

(E) In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia a Heritage of Humanity, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.
A 这道题的句意没有搞明白，有很多生词
E declare X Y 是un的declaration promote 不是un promote
2.        (302)Cross-scheduling software will allow the company both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent them from competing internally for staffers by, for example, offering wage hikes at a particular locations.

A) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent them
B) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and prevent these stores
C) both to allocate salespeople to specific stores and to prevent these stores
D) to both allocate salespeople to specific stores and prevent them
E) to both allocate salespeople to specific stores, preventing them
C  首先both and 可以排除掉BE, 然后prevent的内容是什么，可以排除掉AD








3.        (303)Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast, by living more than 40 years after his initial diagnosis.

(A) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast,

(B) causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, on average, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, in contrast,

(C) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds

(D) causes death within 3 to 5 years of the average onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds, by contrast,

(E) typically causes death within 3 to 5 years of the average onset of symptoms, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has defied the odds
E， 首先是on average修饰的位置是在那里比较妥当
C 首先although已经表达了转折，不需要in contrast 所以可以排除掉ABD，E的average修饰的地方不对
4.        (304)To this day, researchers and theorists debate whether bubonic plague caused The Black Death, a pandemic that swept the world in the middle of the fourteenth century.

(A) whether
(B) whether or not
(C) about whether
(D) as to whether
(E) if
A  这道题需要确认一下考点
Whether 已经表达了or not的意思了 是redundant
5.        (305)While the thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms, unlike roses that grow in temperate climates, though, the thorns of desert roses also serve as reservoirs for water to forestall the ever-present threat of dehydration.

(A) While the thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms, unlike roses
(B) All roses’ protective thorns dissuade predators from feeding on their blooms; unlike those
(C) The thorns of all roses are protective, dissuading predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms; unlike those of roses
(D) While all roses’ thorns are protective, they dissuade predators from feeding on the flowers’ blooms; unlike those of roses
(E) The thorns of all roses are protective and dissuade predators feeding on their blooms, however, unlike those
C  这道题首先考察的就是unlike的比较形式，这里比较的应该是thorns of roses 和those of roses之间的比较
这里还有个考点需要注意的是while 和 though在这里是redundant
6.        (306)Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.

(A) Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.

(B) Despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers today, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.

(C) Despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.

(D) Today, despite widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit at the time of the Civil War. 对比的形式不对

(E) Today, because of widely available technology such as high-resolution scanners and printers, counterfeiting is more difficult than it was at the time of the Civil War, when it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit. 这里的逻辑关系不对
A  比较重要的考点是more difficult than这里的比较考点，然后AB的区别是通过today修饰的位置来判断的 是today的counterfeit 不是today的打印机
7.        （307）Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist Italian and Slavs in its ranks.

(A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting
(B) Where once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice for the support of
(C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in support of
(D) While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice in supporting
(E) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in its supporting of
A 首先是判断acquiescence的时态问题，然后是后面的supporting




8.        （308）Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as “fireships,” vessels filled with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder, and tar and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored Spanish fleet.

A. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing
B. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing
C. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing
D. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrifice
E. Stymieing the Armada’s plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma’s army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the defeat of the Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice
C 1. Not only… but also可以排除掉AB，
E 注意修饰的
9.        （309）Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and the obsession for Beanie Babies in the 1990s.

A. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and 这里是3+1件事情，所以连词and的位置很重要
B. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as
C. Coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, examples of "tulipomania" include speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as
D. Coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, "tulipomania" includes examples such as speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and
E. "Tulipomania," coined from the seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, included speculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and
D 这道题主要考察的是作为修饰的位置怎么安排
B

10.        （310）Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts, which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size, are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages.

A. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
B. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
C. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
D. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a walnut's large size
E. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
  E 首先单复数，排除abc

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7.        （307）Whereonce the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking membersby supporting the imposition of analien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made adetermined effort to enlist Italian and Slavs in its ranks.

(A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices ofits English-speaking members by supporting其实不太理解为什么这里是可以用where的

(B) Where once theunion acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice for the support of

(C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices ofits English-speaking members in support of

(D) While once theunion acquiesced to its English-speaking members' prejudice in supporting

(E) While once theunion had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in itssupporting of
A错选C，support的部分肯定是by supporting最简单直接，不确定where和while的部分。
9.       （309）Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip crazeof the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, include speculative bubbles inSouth Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the 1880s, theU.S. stock market in the 1920s, and theobsession for Beanie Babies in the 1990s.

A. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined fromthe tulip craze of the seventeenth-century in the Netherlands, includespeculative bubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian realestate in the 1880s, the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, and

B. Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined fromthe seventeenth-century tulip craze in the Netherlands, include speculativebubbles in South Seas trading rights in the 1720s, Victorian real estate in the1880s, and the U.S. stock market in the 1920s, as well as这里没看出来最后一项和前面是分开的啊。。。对于这个babies痴迷不会造成泡沫吗，这个市场的泡沫。不太懂。。。
B错选A