26号考!请教语法一题:)

linda05312

Around 1800 in the United States _______ fierce intellectual debate about the direction the new country was taking.

A. a                 B. had                 C. when               D. there was

这个题该选啥呢?

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renwangbage

a

linda05312

谢谢楼上的朋友,这是delta's key test 7的第一题,答案竟然是D,
我觉得很奇怪,我也认为应该选A.
可以说There was boy was reading.吗?

justforfun

答案当然是D啦。

the new country was taking是省略了that的定语从句，因为the direction在定语从句里面是做宾语。而整个句子缺乏主谓，所以there was。

不可以说There was boy was reading，应该说There was boy who was reading.

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Luffy

以下是引用justforfun在2003-11-22 13:27:00的发言：
答案当然是D啦。

the new country was taking是省略了that的定语从句，因为the direction在定语从句里面是做宾语。而整个句子缺乏主谓，所以there was。

不可以说There was boy was reading，应该说There was boy who was reading.

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老兄说得对， fierce intellectual debate about the direction 是名词结构也是主句的宾语，the new country 是名词， 两个名次之间省略that. 所以选少主句的主谓， 很明显要选D了。

linda05312

哦,看到楼上大侠们的分析,感觉的确是D,都怪我做题老是不仔细看意思,大概的看看主谓结构就开始选择.这样真不好.
还有点不明白的就是debate 是不可数名词吗?
否则就该说是there was a ... debate了吧!

luweijia

是d啊   最后做定语修饰前面的啊     很狡猾的题目