[求助]求助几道语法真题

yangliu0401

#537. Not all employment selection mechanisms that have a “disparate effect,” that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to their presence in the relevant labor market, are unlawful.

(A) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to

      (B) which means, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
 

      (C) which means, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
 

(D) that is, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to

(E) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with

答案是D，在此想问下which means 和that is 的区别，因为偶选的是B. 而且，screen out 应该是修饰a “disparate effect” 还是mechanisms啊？

#632.        Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.
          

(A) Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

(B) The publication in 1899 of “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit: in six months they sold several hundred thousand copies and it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

(C) Helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer was the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899, which was an instant hit: it sold several hundred thousand copies in six months.

       (D) “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit: it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer, published in 1899 and selling several hundred thousand copies in six months.

(E) Published in 1899, “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit, selling several hundred thousand copies in six months: it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

答案是E，偶选的D

#676.        Sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to acid rain, is an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal with all other pollutants.

(A) an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the respiratory system’s ability to deal
          

(B) an especially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s capability of dealing

      (C) an especially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory system in dealing
       

      (D) a specially serious pollutant because it diminishes the capability of the respiratory system to deal
       

(E) a specially serious pollutant because of diminishing the respiratory system’s ability to deal

答案是A，偶选C. 名词所有格不是修饰有生命的物体么？？？

#684.        That the new managing editor rose from the publication’s “soft” news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman.

(A) her being a woman

(B) being a woman is

      (C) her womanhood
       

      (D) that she was a woman
       

(E) that she is a woman

答案是E，但是C为什么不对呢？

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-12-21 23:13:32编辑过]

yangliu0401

怎么没人啊？自己顶一下！！！

AlienX

531. effect不會screens out anything...; which指代effect...
632. D中的published修composer
637. OG/Prep是很多沒生命的東東都用's
684. 意思不一樣, 原意是要跟一個information比 - "she is a woman", 正在變了跟她的女性氣質比

yangliu0401

感谢楼上,明白了

JohnnyZhu

531. which means, that is，做插入语，表示“也就是说”，其实都可以。注意disproportionate to,不是with，因此答案只有AorC.因为that is是插入语，所以后面的句子还是修饰mechanisms
632. 很简单，不多说了
637. C错的关键是capability in doing错
684. than的前后需要对称，(that.....)is more....than (that ....)

希望这样的解释更清楚。

yangliu0401

以下是引用JohnnyZhu在2009-1-3 0:02:00的发言：

531. which means, that is，做插入语，表示“也就是说”，其实都可以。注意disproportionate to,不是with，因此答案只有AorC.因为that is是插入语，所以后面的句子还是修饰mechanisms
632. 很简单，不多说了
637. C错的关键是capability in doing错
684. than的前后需要对称，(that.....)is more....than (that ....)

希望这样的解释更清楚。

637的点很关键，这个就能解释清楚了，谢谢啦