GWD 21-34

catq

GWD 21-34

Scientists have dated sharp-edged flakes of stone found in the fine-grained sediments of a
dry riverbed in the Afar region of Ethiopia to between 2.52 and 2.60 million years ago,
pushing back by more than 150,000 years the earliest date when it is known that humans
made stone tools.

A. when it is known that humans made

B.   at which it is known that humans had made

C.   at which humans are known to have made

D. that humans are known to be making  (C)

E. of humans who were known to make

date可以用at which修饰？又不是具体哪一天......

another Q is , 需要用现在完成时吗？

and what's the error in A?

tks......

yangsh

在between 2.52 and 2.60 million years ago,继续pushing back by more than 150,000 years

过去的过去，用完成时态。

yangxiaogang

我认为A正确， 没有理由用完成时

sunnybright

A中的 it 指代不清，虽说我们都知道是指代时间，但ETS不喜欢这样的用法。而且when it is known that humans made， 这样用when在从句中的成分不明。C.at which humans are known to have made 就很明显，at which 作壮语

felix_zheng

总算找到原文重现了;呵呵

This so-called Oldowan phase of toolmaking ... years ago, pushing back by more
than 150000 years the known date at which humans were making stone tools

可能是英文习惯用法:THE DATE AT WHICH@@@@@

剩下B,C项.

B项与C项比,明显罗嗦.而且过去完成时说明发生在THE EARLIEST DATE之前就完成了,不合题意.SO......

ly365

ding

ly365

More than 2,600 sharp-edged flakes, flake fragments, and cores (cobbles from which flakes have been removed), found in the fine-grained sediments of a dry riverbed in the Afar region of Ethiopia, have been dated to between 2.52 and 2.60 million years ago, pushing back by more than 150,000 years the known date at which humans were making stone tools.

ly365

根据原文分析，应该选C，A强调的是 it is known

maggiecookies

ai, 别人是习惯用法, 没什么好说的!

s_huang

it 为形式宾语指代that  从句. 所以正常语序为when that humans made stone tools is known.

when引导状语从句修饰date