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goldtime · 发表于 2007-5-25 08:25:00

Recent research indicates that two popular arthritis drugs are possibly not as safe as they initially believed.

(A) that two popular arthritis drugs are possibly not as safe as they initially believed

(B) that two popular arthritis drugs may not be as safe as they were initially believed to be

(C) two popular arthritis drugs to possibly not be as safe as it was initially believed

(D) the safety of two popular arthritis drugs may not be as great as it was initially believed

(E) the safety of two popular arthritis drugs not to be as great as they were initially believed to be

答案是B

why A is wrong? I think" possibly " is better than "may not be".

芷萱85 · 发表于 2007-5-25 09:26:00

they were initially believed to be被动符合原文意思

Gudjohnson · 发表于 2007-5-25 10:16:00

同意阿。they指代two popular arthritis drugs

goldtime · 发表于 2007-5-25 12:08:00

oh, I got it. Thank you very much!!

sometimes " possible" is better than "may be " , right?

meggie_xm · 发表于 2007-5-25 14:37:00

不要过多地纠缠possible and may be的优选问题，我觉得xdf这个总结不是很准确，这个不能作为一个correctiveness，只能算是一个effectiveness的标准。

另：考试时可千万别犯这种错误哦，主动和被动的逻辑关系还是要先搞清楚，就不浪费时间拉。祝成功！

lichabrend · 发表于 2008-7-30 16:35:00

charlie6989 · 发表于 2008-10-12 21:45:00

请问ｂ选项
they were initially believed to be 后面是不是有省略 safe

charlie6989 · 发表于 2008-11-21 20:08:00

ding

吧啦吧啦 · 发表于 2009-1-22 12:08:00

A选项，如果考虑believed是修饰they的，不就不需要被动了吗？

sjjay · 发表于 2009-1-22 18:45:00

以下是引用吧啦吧啦在2009-1-22 12:08:00的发言：
A选项，如果考虑believed是修饰they的，不就不需要被动了吗？

they 指代 drugs 。drugs believe 不合逻辑

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