GWD verbal

bolodong

Q13:

Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

1. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
2. the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
3. that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
4. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
5. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

answer:b

who can help me?  thanks a lot!!!!!

l980053

CE明显错。AD错在the sandpipers vanishing ，sandpipers’ vanishing 和比较对象the grassy fields and old pastures 不并列吧，比较的是具体的事物，而不是事件。

bolodong

B为什么正确？  Like the grassy fields and old pastures       ---        the bird itself      可以这样并列么？

l980053

从意思上将，和
        the grassy fields and old pastures一样，the bird itself      也是由于……的原因而消失的

abort

like表示比喻，like a，b。。。a,b 是具有可比性的名词，所以cde马上就可以排除
a中说sandpipers is a result, 这样的表达显然是错误的，如果sandpiper不知道是什么的话可以将grassy fields and old pastures带入，因为它们可以类比
grassy fields and old pastures is a result, 看出来了吧
b的表达很好首先sandpiper在前面已经提过，再用sandpiper看起来不舒服，所以用the bird itself，而且明确了the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of。。。。多么完美的句子呀！！

bolodong

谢谢，看来自己还差很多的阿！