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SC大全 Section 01 12. Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity. (A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only It seems to say the two people are always traveling; and they: “they” is extra (B) In 1905, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed It seems to say the traveling happens before they started their pioneering work; only “were only armed” cannot be logically parallel with began work; only is misplaced (C) In 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only (D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed “Having traveled…” suggests that the two had finished traveling before they began their work in ethnomusicology, and only is again misplaced.(C) (E) Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only Choice E is wordy and awkwardly constructed. The answer is (C) This question is from OG10 and personally I think it’s a little out of date. i.e. answer (C) is actually very weird with the subject followed by two modifiers without any connection. However, it doesn’t hurt for you guys to take a look. 22. Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods. (A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills (B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films cannot be the subject of the sentence; “depicted to be” is not an idiomatic expression; “that howl mournfully” seems to describe a everyday action of coyotes (C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West the position of “in films about the American West” is improper and can possibly describe three different things (D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills “as if they were” is awkward and wordy; (A) (E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills “depict to be” is not an idiomatic expression; The answer is (A) |