以下是引用sbbi在2003-9-23 11:10:00的发言: (版本3)语法头一题就是than under it 那道选a 我肯定 more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it. than画线 than (babies were born to women ) under it
好象也不错呀!
是不是这样好些? than (babies WHO were born to women ) under it
以下是引用joice在2003-9-23 11:09:00的发言: Thanks,SmileFM. Here is my thought about (版本2): to mothers that aged over 30 than to them( mothers) that aged (omission)under 30?
sounds aburdly
如果是 ... than to them,肯定是指mothers. 但逻辑上意思改变了. them是指同一批人, 整句话理解下来就是, 这些妈妈们, 30 岁后生的小孩多于30岁前生的. 比较合理的代词应用to those, 会更好.
13。 我也觉得1)好: A.who work…从句比working…短语好,不过要是在考场上遇到这个题目还是要看一下主句的时态是否与从句的相匹配。 B.media ranging…也比media that ranges …好。因为后者是unnecessarily redundant.在所有的改错中出现的5个range from… to…结构中,只有一个用到从句。而且事出有因。 20. Studies of circadian rhythms can be applied to problems ranging from chronic insomnia in frequent transcontinental air travelers to workers in all-night plants being inefficient. (A) to workers in all-night plants being inefficient (B) toward workers in all-night plants being inefficient (C) to workers in all-night plants who are inefficient (D) to combat worker inefficiency in all-night plants (E) to decreased efficiency among workers in all-night plants 8. Studies of the human “sleep-wake cycle” have practical relevance for matters ranging from duty assignments in nuclear submarines and air-traffic control towers to the staff of shifts in 24-hour factories. (A) to the staff of (B) to those who staff (C) to the staffing of (D) and staffing (E) and the staff of 18. Despite its attractiveness, investing abroad can still pose big risks, ranging from the potential for political instability in some countries to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others. (A) to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others (B) to the shortage of regulations to protect investors and in others a serious lack of information about investments (C) and the shortage of regulations to protect investors and a serious lack of information about investments in others (D) and the shortage of regulations to protect investors to a serious lack of information about investments in others (E) to the shortage of regulations to protect investors in others and a serious lack of information about investments 4. Last spring a Colorado health department survey of 72 playgrounds in private child-care centers found unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them and they ranged from splinters to equipment near collapse. (A) unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them and they ranged (B) conditions in 95 percent were unsafe and ranging (C) the ranging of unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them to be (D) that 95 percent had unsafe conditions ranging (E) that 95 percent of them had conditions that were unsafe; the range was 14. William H. Johnson’s artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in paintings that range from sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife’s Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring views of fjords and mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway. (A) and (B) to (C) and to (D) with (E) in addition to 14题之所以用从句而非现在分词是因为: A. 如果用分词修饰,这个修饰成份太长了,而且中间还有插入成份。使句子显得头轻脚重; B. that从句中动词可以更加明确地表示从句是修饰paintings而非evident。