而且B犯了一个很大的错误是,“with more than half the surgical residents working”在原文中是主句,但在选项中改成了伴随状态
C中“that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work”
Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.
an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals (修饰位置不对)have(has) found(that) all twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working (并列改伴随不对)
an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work (i think B correct)
twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, (that)many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officialays who found (that)all twelve breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and more than half the surgical residents work
an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals(应该紧跟N.), all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
In #1, "which" can refer to almost any noun in the preceding clause. In #2, verb-ing can ONLY refer to the object O, which is a noun. In #3, "verb-ing..." can a) represent the result of the preceding clause(隨伴結果) OR b) represent a short form of "while S (is/are/was/were) verbing..." OR c) function as a modifer modifying a noun in the preceding clause.
umm...good question. unfortunately, I can't answer since I don't know. I will let you know if I see any question in OGs/GMATPrep indicating a yes or a no. ;-)