请教gemj版主：885一道题答案的疑问!

cxj

gemj 学兄：
本人对885中Section B-14 一题答案有疑问。题如下：
14. The Western world’s love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more.
(A) few people have been known to have tasted it
(B) few having been known to taste it
(C) it has been tasted by few people
(D) few people have been known to taste it
(E) few people having tasted it
版主给出的答案是 D，  但本人认为 A可能更好。
证据一：本人查阅张道真语法书关于不定式完成式的用法，指不定式完成式的动作先于主句谓语动词的发生，此处适合；
证据二：刘振民语法98页关于不定式的论述，一例如下：
The fear of rabies is well founded; （few people are known to recover from th e disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms）
A. .....
B. few people are known to have recovered from disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
Key is B
请诸位讨论指正。
又：本人对 gemj 学兄的辛勤工作致以衷心感谢！望大家共同努力！

miejue

我也曾经疑虑过 请参考这个貼子

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=21501

cxj

谢谢解答。
对于Dandan74的解答， 我的看法如下：
1 完成式比较的时间是known 和 taste的发生时间，并非没有比较；
2 这里不定式完成式仅是表示同谓语动词发生的先后顺序，不存在动作持续的问题。

欢迎再探讨！

joywzy

885中Section B-14 ,这一题该怎么理解呢？能讲讲吗？谢谢。

miejue

以下是引用joywzy在2003-11-2 19:20:00的发言：
885中Section B-14 ,这一题该怎么理解呢？能讲讲吗？谢谢。

我个人直到现在还是觉得A更顺 不过只是凭语感

大家多讨论下

深海的小美人鱼

我认为应该是A对，因为问的是已经完成动作的结果。这样时态更清楚一点

cxj

又有一个类似的题。

Section E-4
4.    In June, 1981, six teenagers in the village of Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, (claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, who) they say has continued to appear to them over the ensuing years.
(A) claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, who
(B) claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary, whom
(C) claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, whom
(D) claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary, who
(E) had claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, whom

key is A.
我感觉这是一类专对不定式完成式的题目。这里最关键的就是注意不定式后的动词发生在谓语动词之前。
继续讨论！为什么不见gemj版主？

dandan74

还有两道题，放在一起，我们把不定式的时态问题解决吧！
以下copy from another post.
19. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother
(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother
(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother


答案分别为 D， B。

LZM 6-7 相似:

The fear of rabies is well founded: few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.
答案为: few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared

miejue

以下是引用dandan74在2003-11-3 13:11:00的发言：
还有两道题，放在一起，我们把不定式的时态问题解决吧！
以下copy from another post.
19. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother
(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother
(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

答案分别为 D， B。

答案是什么呢？ 我倾向于选C。D应该是错的 因为这里是转折语气。

dandan74

答案给了B，我选了C。