请教1提意思的区别

bettyofarim

24.    Inflation in medical costs slowed in 1986 for the fifth consecutive year but were still about 50 percent greater than the rate of price increases for other items included in the consumer price index.
(A) Inflation in medical costs slowed in 1986 for the fifth consecutive year but were
(B) Inflation in medical costs slowed for the fifth consecutive year in 1986 but was
(C) In 1986 inflation in medical costs were slowed for the fifth consecutive year but were
(D) 1986 was the fifth consecutive year in which inflation in medical costs slowed but was
(E) 1986 was the fifth consecutive year that inflation in medical costs were slowed, but they were
答案是B。请问Inflation slowed in 1986 for the fifth consecutive year 和Inflation  slowed for the fifth consecutive year in 1986 意思上有什么不同吗？

dxwei2008

大小姐：
两种表达方式完全没有不同，而且这个题目选择B而不选A也不是因为这两种表达方式引起的。
注意"Inflation in medical costs"，请问这个短语是单数还是复数？那么相应的谓语动词又应该做怎样的变化。

深海的小美人鱼

楼上说的是对的,但是如果细究,两者的强调重点还是有区别的,不过这是该错,不用计较太多就是.

dreadpower

英语中语言排列的方式是这样的：方式，地点，时间。

      B和A的区别就是在这里

      不知道解释的对不对？？GEMJ来看看。

      不过，这种差别在ETS的题目中有个别例外（我见过一个，具体题目忘记了）。所以同意楼上两位的话，主谓一致的优先性是最高的几个之一

dreadpower

排列方式可能是地点，方式，时间，我回去再查一下

dreadpower

确认了，排列方式是地点，方式，时间
         但是看这题目：
         16. One of Ronald Reagan’s first acts as President was to rescind President Carter’s directive （（that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.））
(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries

答案是C，any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States这种表达不是违反了表达嘛？？？？

E中的这个表达any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds 和any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States表达有什么区别呢？？

sbbi

i do not think there is any major difference, except the emphasis