请问885/E-18.10.13.6

catherine11

我的语法基础不是很好，好多东西是自己琢麽的，请大虾们指教！

18.    School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have contributed, according to a recent study, to significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces any future need for busing.
(A) significant increases in housing integration, which, in turn, reduces
(B) significant integration increases in housing, which, in turn, reduces
(C) increase housing integration significantly, which, in turn, reduces
(D) increase housing integration significantly, in turn reducing
(E) significantly increase housing integration, which, in turn, reduce

D 在这里有什么不对？答案为A。

13.    It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) those that are against a
(B) those against a
(C) it is against a
(D) preventing those against a
(E) it is to prevent those against a

AS ADJ. ...AS ADJ. 答案为 E 。可是第一个AS 后没加句子呀！我选了D.

10.    Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them

SO...THAT... 句子要比  SO...AS TO...好（LZM），为什么不选C?

22.    Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

此句A.C 都读着顺，为什么不选C?

6.    One of every two new businesses fail within two years.
(A) fail
(B) fails
(C) should fail
(D) may have failed
(E) has failed

WITHIN SOME TIME, 此句可用现在完成时么？

ca3ltoys

18. you should find a noun for contributed to..
13. here eliminated difficult, in D nothing parallel with to prevent...

the rest I don't know why, I am a newer too.

catherine11

Ok, I see the 18, thanks. However, I still confuse 13, there are subject and verb in the second "as" and no parallel subject and verb in the first as.

深海的小美人鱼

以下是引用catherine11在2003-12-13 6:26:00的发言：

13. It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) those that are against a
(B) those against a
(C) it is against a
(D) preventing those against a
(E) it is to prevent those against a

AS ADJ. ...AS ADJ. 答案为 E 。可是第一个AS 后没加句子呀！我选了D.

这道题是句子和句子比较,你仔细看看句子结构.

10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them

SO...THAT... 句子要比  SO...AS TO...好（LZM），为什么不选C?
这里indistingguishable更简洁. 判断的时候也要根据很多方面, 很多事情并非一成 不变.

22. Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

此句A.C 都读着顺，为什么不选C?

    主动优于被动.

ca3ltoys

the completed sentence should be -- "It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as it is difficult to prevent those against a person"

or you can say " to prevent crimes against property is as difficult as to prevent crimes against a person"

Snazzy

10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them

SO...THAT... 句子要比  SO...AS TO...好（LZM），为什么不选C?
这里indistingguishable更简洁. 判断的时候也要根据很多方面, 很多事情并非一成 不变.------------------->>>> which is right???

22. Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

此句A.C 都读着顺，为什么不选C?

    主动优于被动.---------------->>>>>>>i am not convinced of this

catherine11

Excellent, thank you so much.

ios

22
C 中in films about the American West作用不清楚，有可能修饰hills，有可能是巨制中的状语。

isi

以下是引用Snazzy在2003-12-13 13:09:00的发言：
10. Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them

SO...THAT... 句子要比  SO...AS TO...好（LZM），为什么不选C?
这里indistingguishable更简洁. 判断的时候也要根据很多方面, 很多事情并非一成 不变.------------------->>>> which is right???

22. Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

此句A.C 都读着顺，为什么不选C?

    主动优于被动.---------------->>>>>>>i am not convinced of this

10中c最大的问题是are unable to be done.

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