prep1-159

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159、

As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

 

(A) As the former

(B) The former

(C) Former

(D) She was

(E) As the

答案E

有点疑惑：

(A) as the former chair… for 18 consecutive years不符合逻辑，而且主语谓语是attended…，如果是former chair，attended…也是不符合逻辑的。？为什么这两处不符合逻辑呢？

(A) as the former chair… for 18 consecutive years不符合逻辑，而且主语谓语是attended…，如果是former chair，attended…也是不符合逻辑的。？为什么这两处不符合逻辑呢？

aeoluseros

umm...其实这个题目讨论很多遍了，搜索一下就能找到，下次记得先搜索一下老帖子哦

as the former chair，是指当“前主席18年了”。而合理逻辑是“当主席18年了”。

imharper

as... the 18 consecutive ...

如果是FORMER的,怎么还会做连续的第18届呢?

highdior

A,B,C的另一个问题是：former和attended冲突

既然是attended, 那么就是表示那时如何，既然是那时的行为，title就不是former了.