求助T-3-Q17. 天山-7-14，没看到讨论链接

lovebing

以下是引用gmnjude在2008-8-20 23:47:00的发言：

a merge agreement is signed that includes a provision

我觉得是定语从句 只不过把is signed 提前了

还原就是a merge agreement that includes a provision for penalties  is signed

why "is signed" can be put forward? Please help!

百草园Tracy

避免头中脚轻，所以后置

AlienX

用除除法可以得出A.

可是A好像也不對, 因為if...were...的主句該用would+verb

AlienX

得aeoluseros提點, if the deal were not to concluded是修penalties...所以不是if...were..., ...would+bare infinite...的結構...

aeoluseros

emm...问了下外教...他说if从句不修饰任何东西，只是提供了一个限定条件...另外，provision of penalties是一个整体。

aeoluseros

不过外教说，if从句肯定不是修饰主句的。因为if从句只是子句的一部分。

stephen8

从句可以置后的，尤其是在从句长的时候，杨鹏难句上出现过。

是否虚拟语气可以从是否和事实条件相反判断。另外这里主句为现在时，if条件句所有选项都为过去时说明很可能是虚拟。

现在问题是如果是表示与现在事实相反的虚拟语气，从句用it were.而主句应该用should+动词原型啊，为什么A的情况反而对呢？

期待NN出现~

ILOVELN

选A吧

DE的are错
B的for buying错，they没指代，if后面是虚拟语气，was错
C的be sign有问题，因为前面没有require，order,suggest之类的动词
 而且如果是和后面的if一起表示虚拟的话，应该加上should
 此外最重要的问题是指代不清，they不知道是指代investors 还是指代investor+Bank
 语法上倾向前者，因为investors是唯一可以sign的复数，但是并购的合约是要双方
 sign的，所以指代不清。A就避免了这个问题

joywu1221

A. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were
B. is expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal was
C. is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement be signed by them with a provision for penalties if the deal were
D. are expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until it signs a merger agreement with a provision for penalties included if the deal was
E. are expected to be making an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal

用排除法吧

惠灵顿

以上各位NN，我也困惑在这个题目上，虽然我没有解法；不过我想说的是大家有这种事后排除法在实战中根本没有用，因为在实战中A的were直接就让我把A排除了。所以不能逃避错误～