PREP2-18

kitebird

Although the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell, it had not been announced until February, 1968.

 

(A) Although the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell, it had not been announced until February, 1968.

(B) Although not announced until February, 1968, in the summer of 1967 graduate student Jocelyn Bell observed the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted.

(C) Although observed by graduate student Jocelyn Bell in the summer of 1967, the discovery of the first sighted pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, had not been announced before February, 1968.

(D) The first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was observed in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell, but the discovery was not announced until February, 1968.

(E) The first sighted pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, was not announced until February, 1968, while it was observed in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell.

不知道to be sighted was observed 作为句子的什么成分？？C这样before的表达是不是一定不可以?还有C的过去完成时？？

Zeldaw

答案是D吗？

The first pulsar （to be sighted定语修饰pulsar） was (谓语)observed

C的逻辑主语错误，这个是很严重很经常考到的错误

observed的主语应该是pulsar

kitebird

恩，C的错误被忽略了。

但是，D中to be sighted做定语，好像哪里看到过不可以的，只有ing、ed两种形式？？？

stride

以下是引用kitebird在2007-5-21 23:27:00的发言：

Although the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell, it had not been announced until February, 1968.

 

(A) Although the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell, it had not been announced until February, 1968.

(B) Although not announced until February, 1968, in the summer of 1967 graduate student Jocelyn Bell observed the first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted.

(C) Although observed by graduate student Jocelyn Bell in the summer of 1967, the discovery of the first sighted pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, had not been announced before February, 1968.

(D) The first pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, to be sighted was observed in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell, but the discovery was not announced until February, 1968.

(E) The first sighted pulsar, or rapidly spinning collapsed star, was not announced until February, 1968, while it was observed in the summer of 1967 by graduate student Jocelyn Bell.

不知道to be sighted was observed 作为句子的什么成分？？C这样before的表达是不是一定不可以?还有C的过去完成时？？

same question not solved:C这样before的表达是不是一定不可以?

brass20y

before后面接名词是可以的

恰恰问问1

为什么是TO BE SIGHTED？不定式作定语不是表示未发生吗？？

恰恰问问1

为什么是TO BE SIGHTED？不定式做 定语不是表示未发生吗 ？、、

mengdong

From Ron of Manhattangmat.com:

Gellar wrote:
The OA is D. Is "sighted plusar" better than "to be sighted", since the pulsar has alreadly been sighted?

Ron answer:

'to be sighted' is better  for at least two reasons.

(1) 'first NOUN to be VERBed' is generally the preferred form in discussing the results of human efforts/actions/interference/perception/etc., while 'first VERBed NOUN' is generally used to indicate inherent qualities of the noun.
for instance, the following sentence is preferred:
henry bishop was the first musician to be knighted by a british monarch. --> knighting is performed by humans
the following is NOT preferred:
henry bishop was the first knighted musician in britain. --> this makes it seem as though being 'knighted' is an inherent quality with which henry bishop was born, or that he acquired it naturally/accidentally in some other way

(2) the word 'sighted' means 'having the sense of sight', so this sentence also contains the amusing alternative interpretation of referring to a pulsar that can actually see.

tathagat wrote:
To be sighted is not redundant because "the first pulsar to be sighted was observed"  has a different meaning from "first pulsar was observed"
Reread and you will know :-)

Ron answer:
yes.  it's essential to state that this is the first pulsar to be sighted; there were certainly lots and lots of pulsars before it, but none of those pulsars had the good luck to be sighted.  if you just say "the first pulsar", then you mean that it's literally the first one.

YvaineDing

mengdong 发表于 2011-5-18 12:38
From Ron of Manhattangmat.com:Gellar wrote:The OA is D. Is "sighted plusar" better than "to be sight ...

楼上的解释好精辟!!!!

Harper姚

mengdong 发表于 2011-5-18 12:38
From Ron of Manhattangmat.com:Gellar wrote:The OA is D. Is "sighted plusar" better than "to be sight ...

同意！