01-10-21 85-08-34 A confusing grammar

desire

The [discovery] of gold in 1848 [transformed] San Francisco suddenly from a [quiet] portsintosone of the world's richest and most famous [city].
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答案： d

why?
Scientists believe that by [altering] the genetic composition of plants it is possible to develop specimens that are [resisting] to [disease] and have [increased] food value.
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答案：b
it should be " resisted"? why?
While studying the [chemistry] [of human body],Dr.Rosalyn Yalow won a Nobel Prize for the research she [conducted on] the [role of] hormones.
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答案：b
While studying the [chemistry] [of human body],Dr.Rosalyn Yalow won a Nobel Prize for the research she [conducted on] the [role of] hormones.
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答案：b

xizzhu

你不会是抄错了吧.     you know why?         i just read yoru first sentence, it is hardly to understand.     it should be like:     " tranform ab/sth (from sth) into sth".     but there is no "into" in your #1 sentence at all.     because of it, i even stop reading the rest.

brightier

Q1: the answer D should be plura, since it is " one of ..."


Q2. should be changed to "resistant". "be resisting " means it is going on right now, while "be resistant" is the character of the matter.


Q3. I think body should be plural. That is "bodies"

liul781

3.     of the human body

xizzhu

以下是引用brightier在2004-3-9 7:22:00的发言：
Q1: the answer D should be plura, since it is " one of ..."

where is "one of " in that sentence?

desire

以下是引用xizzhu在2004-3-9 5:37:00的发言：
你不会是抄错了吧.     you know why?         i just read yoru first sentence, it is hardly to understand.     it should be like:     " tranform ab/sth (from sth) into sth".     but there is no "into" in your #1 sentence at all.     because of it, i even stop reading the rest.

i just copied them.     i cannt understand why the answer is D

enjoylife517

第一个应该是cities，复数
第二个比较展同resistant，表特性
第三个应该是Human's body，所有格的表述

zlynn

第三个应该是The Human body 吧? 身体,器官等前要加The

enjoylife517

好像是，要么用the human body，要么用human bodies

brightier

To xizzhu,


I thought the Q1 should be"The [discovery] of gold in 1848 [transformed] San Francisco suddenly from a [quiet] ports into one of the world's richest and most famous [city]. "