GWD-26-Q17看过讨论依旧不明白，求助

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17. GWD-26-Q17

Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes

undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale

developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular

asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.（这道题CD选项之间如何选择？）

A.      a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood

that a particular asteroid or comet may

B.      a scale that astronomers have developed rates how

likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to

C.      astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely

a particular asteroid or comet will be to

D.      astronomers have developed a scale for rating the

likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will

E.      astronomers have developed a scale that rates the

likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may.

allfar

be to +动词不定式中的be to用作情态习语, 这时的be to do表示: “计划”、“安排”、“义务”、“应该”、“可能”、“命运”等。

这样的话C的意义就重复了...

我感觉D更合适.

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答案是c

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就醉一生

表目的性用to，足够排出D

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遥远的绿洲

用to表示目的

而for不能表示这个意思,因此C最能表达出原句的意思,宇航员制作scale为了去评估...

amor924

前面有likely, 转换为陈述语序：how a particular asteroid or comet will be to likely 这里to be有点像系表结果吧

wwwtied

be likely to do sth,这是习惯用法吧，支持c

ashura

搜索了一下，原句引自1999年的NY times

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E6DF1E3EF934A15754C0A96F958260

To help deal with public fascination -- and sometimes undue alarm -- about possible threats from asteroids, astronomers have adopted a scale that rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will collide with Earth.

看样子E最好。只有最后的may和原句的will不同。