天山新题中一条Gemj大全与管为东答案不一致的的语法题

dashasha

以下是引用mariezhu在2004-6-9 10:46:00的发言：
dashasha,that是修饰主语的,因为主语太长所以后移了: is being tested a new type of engine that  could .....

你觉得有这样的用法吗？我觉得非常别扭。

tianwan

After more than four decades of research and development, a new type of jet engine is being tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help boost cargoes into space at significantly lower costs than current methods permit.

(A) tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two or help

  

(E) tested, and it could eventually have the capability to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help

坚决站在NN gemj和bryony一边，A对，that分隔修饰属于正常语法范畴，没有任何歧义。E的错误是很明显的，除了冗余和啰嗦之外。

E肯定错，逻辑意思是不对的，After more than four decades of research and development这个时间状语的作用范围是涵盖整个句子。可是and后的子句在这个时间状语的作用下意思荒谬，其实E就是用逻辑意思排除掉。

mariezhu

嗯,同意tianwan,E还有什么could have the capability之类的同意重复,还有习惯用语搭配错误, have the capability of 不是to

睡熊

正确答案就是（A）; 句子结构特点：由于定语部分太长，从句谓语前移以避免头重脚轻。选（E）的同学应该仔细看看OG的解释。

PS. GWD 的班到底是因为买整体还是因为他有特殊的方法论和见地。有体会的朋友点拨一下，总觉得如果方法有效的话为什么又投入人力物力在整体方面呢？

tulipmontreal

各位大侠 小弟来总结一下,请指教: 偶同意A. E的逻辑结构不对,而且用了AND 显得句子结构松散.原因如下:

is being tested that could 是习惯用法,这种用法是THAT引导的定语从句后置,平衡句子重心;这个句子不是部分倒装,是定语从句后置.

could  have the capability to 这种说法是成立的, 并且不是一定要生命体当主语, 只是因为E中句子变成"引擎正在被测试,然后说它具有什么样的能力" 而原句偶的理解是 这种具备这种能力的引擎在测试中. E的逻辑结构不是很好. 有点松散.

个人意见请大牛们继续指点!

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-6-10 12:43:38编辑过]

dashasha

我请教了一位朋友，她在美国接受的教育，她给我的回信如下，请大家继续探讨：

I think the answer should be E.

For A, that modifies "type of engine," emphasis on
type and not engine. So technically, it's not the type
of engine that propels aircrafts, it's the engine.  so
A doesn't make sense, if you want to be very nitty
gritty about grammar.

For E, the could and have the capability are not
redundant because the "could" refers to the type of
engine.  And the "have the capability to" refers to
the new engine, implied in the "it" of the sentence.
So it's the new engine that will have the capability
to propel.  The "capability to propel" is a
characteristic of the new engine and not the "type of
engine."

I guess even in high school, I didn't pay much
attention to these kind of sentence specifics.  But in
college and after I started working...all the little
details are important.  The modifications must be very
clear on what exactly it's referring to, or else the
choice is wrong.

dashasha

UP一下，大家继续讨论啊。我那位朋友好象极不喜欢A，说A SOUND RUN ON。她极力推崇E。

babypace

我选A。E给人的感觉是由于engine被test了，终于engine能怎么怎么了，隐藏着这种因果关系似的。而我理解句子本身世想说研制了40多年了，一个最终可以怎么怎么的engine，现在正在被测试中。

逻辑上的含义我觉得也是SC关键和难点。

继续讨论----

kingsoft

    A

    E：could eventually have the capability to 明显的罗嗦

robertchu

After more than four decades of research and development, a new type of jet engine is being tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help boost cargoes into space at significantly lower costs than current methods permit.

(A) tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours  or help
(E) tested, and it could eventually have the capability to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help

I choose A.
The gist of A is "after decades ..., a new type of jet engine thatcould ... is being tested".  Since the that modifying clause istoo long, it is moved after "is being tested".

E's problem: "could eventually have the capability to do sth." == "could eventually do sth."