OG11-8 之前没有讨论过的一个点。

soul86

Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.

(A)  when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead

(B)  when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads

(C)  when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead

(D)  if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads

(E)  if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead

有个疑点，这道题 can 与 possibly 的使用有区别吗？

天蝎座1107

possilbly与can没有什么太大使用区别吧...不清楚不敢瞎说

但是一般情况下，如果原句中有情态动词，如may,might等等，就有这么个语气存在，选项里尽量选那个有情态动词的吧。

另外主语是rising inventories复数，所以D不对，应该是lead不是leads...

soul86

嗯，谢谢！

tohw

有区别的，can表示肯定，possibly表示可能性。

canaly

我英语很菜鸟，请教高手解答，为什么c不对？

umass3k

"inventories" eliminates B&D--- past tense in C, so C is wrong--- E is much clear