885补充117，128，131，132

nickynicky

117.    No less an authority than Walter Cronkite has reported that half of all Americans never read a book.
(A) No less an authority than
(B) Nonetheless an authority
(C) Nevertheless authoritarian
(D) Not less an authority than
(E) An authority not less than

A,我选对了，可是不知道为什么。

128.    During the Renaissance, scholars were uncertain as to be location of Troy, and by the eighteenth century many historians doubted that Troy had ever existed.
(A) doubted that Troy had ever existed
(B) doubt that Troy has ever existed
(C) were in doubt as to the existence of Troy
(D) were doubtful concerning Troy’s existence
(E) had doubts about Troy’s ever existing
答案是A,这个句子是不是前面有错误？。。were uncertain as to be location of Troy?杜不同啊。

131.    No state law forbids an employer from rejecting a job applicant or to dismiss an employee based on the results of a lie detector test.
(A) an employer from rejecting a job applicant or to dismiss
(B) an employer to reject a job applicant or dismiss
(C) that employers reject a job applicant or dismiss
(D) the rejection by an employer of a job applicant or dismissal of
(E) rejection by employers of a job applicant or dismissal of
答案是B,我不明白，应该对称的啊，to dismiss才对吧？forbid sb.to do something...根据对称原则，我选了C...

132.    The attorney turned down the law firm’s offer of a position because she suspected that it was meant merely to fill an affirmative action quota with no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting.
(A) quota with no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting
(B) quota, having no commitment to minority hiring and eventually promoting
(C) quota and did not reflect a commitment to minority hiring and eventual promotion
(D) quota, not reflecting a commitment to minority hiring and eventual promotion
(E) quota, not one that reflected that minority hiring and eventual promotion was a commitment

答案是C,我选了D,。。。大侠指点一下。。

nickynicky

145.    Violence in the stands at soccer matches has gotten so pronounced in several European countries that some stadiums have adopted new rules that aim to identify fans of visiting teams and that seat them in a separate area.
(A) to identify fans of visiting teams and that seat them
(B) to identify fans of visiting teams and seat them
(C) to identify fans of visiting teams for seating
(D) at identifying fans of visiting teams so as to seat them
(E) at identifying fans of visiting teams and that seat them
我选了D,答案是B...aim at doing有什么不对？我觉得aim to do不太顺啊。

van16

131在dismiss前省略了to，而且好像没有forbid that这种说法。

132 not reflecting 既没有伴随状态也没有伴随结果，与it was meant行不成伴随关系

145 aim做动词，表目标，就是aim to do。aim at doing 我感觉是瞄准某件事的意思。另外so as to只能用在系表结构中。

mjiehu

No less an authority than Walter= Walter, no less than an authority