885-补充-90

rabbitbug

90.    Dr. Hegsted argues that just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio, mass dietary change is needed to protect the significant number who are susceptible to the life-threatening effects of press eating habits.
(A) just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio
(B) like polio vaccine, which is given to every person to protect the few who might contract polio
(C) similar to polio vaccine which is given to every person in order to protect the few who might actually contract polio
(D) while, to protect the few who might actually contract polio, polio vaccine is given to every person
(E) similar to the giving of polio vaccine to every person in order to protect the few who might contract polio actually
请问正确答案A中的might actually放在一起是否有矛盾,可以这么用吗? 因为这个原因,我选了B.

bigcamel

从全句意思看，应是划线句子和后面的句子相对应，而不应是polio vaccine 和mass dietary change对比，所以b错
a中might 表一种可能性，没问题

bluestone1

B 可省略为

like polio vaccine, mass dietary change is needed to protect the significant number who are susceptible to the life-threatening effects of press eating habits

意思明显歪曲

rabbitbug

精确, 多谢两位!

fdkbaby

a对，没有异议，但是请问大家e为什么不对呢？
the giving of polio vaccine和mass dietary change不对应吗？还是什么其他原因？

rabbitbug

fdkbaby, 在作对比的时候, ETS倾向于用as或者like句型. 我查了一下字典, similar的解释虽然又"类似的", 但在用法上面有(1)A is similar to B (2) be similar (3) similar + 名词, 就是没有提前作对比的用法. 而且,Marriam Webster字典上对similar 的解释是alike而没有like, 所以在这种题型中, like 和similar to 不可以互换.

fdkbaby

多谢rabbitbug！

lizaz

以下是引用rabbitbug在2003-12-6 20:34:00的发言：
fdkbaby, 在作对比的时候, ETS倾向于用as或者like句型. 我查了一下字典, similar的解释虽然又"类似的", 但在用法上面有(1)A is similar to B (2) be similar (3) similar + 名词, 就是没有提前作对比的用法. 而且,Marriam Webster字典上对similar 的解释是alike而没有like, 所以在这种题型中, like 和similar to 不可以互换.

谢谢rabbitbug，总算知道了similar的用法

dreadpower

恩，SC中的比较中从来不用similar，而且，经常将similar to 放在句首，必错

Snazzy

bingo, our teacher just told us not put 'similar to' or 'different to' at the beginning of a sentence. never!!!