XDF885-229

nina23

229.    New hardy varieties of rice show promise of producing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties.
(A) requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties
(B) requirements by earlier high-yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
(C) requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high-yielding varieties
(D) application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation that was required by earlier high-yielding varieties
(E) irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer that were required by earlier high-yielding varieties

Could you tell me how to choose the answer? I make mistake everytime

braveMBA

这是OG 128，以下是OG解释：
Choice E, the best answer, clearly and grammatically expresses the idea that two costly procedures, irrigation and the application of... fertilizer, were required by earlier high-yielding varieties of rice. In A, the placement of by earlier... varieties immediately after application of fertilizer suggests that the varieties applied the fertilizer. In B and D, the phrase application of... fertilizer and irrigation is ambiguous in meaning: it cannot be clearly determined whether applying fertilizer and irrigating are a single operation or two distinct operations. In C, only irrigation--not both irrigation and fertilization--is clearly associated with the earlier... varieties of rice.

我觉得名词词组要注意：
1、修饰名词的形容词是否合理搭配。如：是否可以说costly requirements，“昂贵的需求”？
2、名词词组并列时的歧义问题，记得有一道XDF的题目，是一个妇女CALL FOR什么公寓设施的，也很典型。一般情况E的表达方式是歧义最小的一种方式，你可以留意一下OG中的名词词组的表达方式，正确答案的改写是有规律的。

HOPE YOU MAKE SENSE。

nina23

thank you Brave GG

nina23

"我觉得名词词组要注意：
1、修饰名词的形容词是否合理搭配。如：是否可以说costly requirements，“昂贵的需求”？
2、名词词组并列时的歧义问题，记得有一道XDF的题目，是一个妇女CALL FOR什么公寓设施的，也很典型。一般情况E的表达方式是歧义最小的一种方式，你可以留意一下OG中的名词词组的表达方式，正确答案的改写是有规律的。"

Very good idea