请教大全里的语法题3道。

noven-wang

3.    A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman
答案选E.
为什么不可以选C??前面都说了the first book, 这里怎么可以直接用the second, 我觉得为了保持平行，应该用the second one, 即用one 指代前面的book才对啊！！

7.    A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess.
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,
答案选D.
我倒觉得c,d,e都没问题啊。Why???

8.    A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be
答案选D.
我觉得a和e都比d好，又简洁意思又清楚。怎么就选上d了呢？？

lixiaoyang

3 记住题目中出现了only first之类的词最好不要改动位置！！！
claim to do或者claim that
it is believed 作差异做插入语，如同it is hoped

noven-wang

楼上善心人士，谢谢赐教，但是我还是有点想不通，我比较死脑筋，就是最后一题，我也知道it is believed是一个插入语，我只是想不通，为什么其他两个有错？？

天山

以下是引用noven-wang在2003-11-12 16:30:00的发言：

8. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be
答案选D.
我觉得a和e都比d好，又简洁意思又清楚。怎么就选上d了呢？？

(A) 根据题意,Quetzalcoatlus 才能  be the largest flying creature ,要注意逻辑意思的一致性,  believed 有修饰 wingspan 的嫌疑,似乎说wingspan是 the largest flying creature ,故(A)错.
(e),时态错误,is 应该换成was.