一道prep语法题。大家看看

momoTea淘淘

Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

A. people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their

B. people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the

C. fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States's, their

D. the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the

E. the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the

正解是B。

我选的E。E错在哪儿，看不明白

zhongyaya

愚见：首先看原题，comparable to 前后对比的成分不一致，再次their指代不清
C选项，主动优于被动，前后对比的成分也不一致
D选项，这个food被谁consume错了
E选项，关于这个consuming，在能用动词原型的时候尽量用原型，-ing形式要慎用，而且我觉得the rate of people consuming fatty foods 这种用法怪怪的
open to discuss

momoTea淘淘

呵呵，其他看法一致。恩，E选项的现在分词的用法是有点怪，但是找不出特别明显的语法错误。不知道是不是犯了不够简洁的毛病

momoTea淘淘

刚搜到讨论了。
E变成了the rate of people (consuming fatty foods)，人的比率，改变了句子原意，食物消耗的比率。
而且，ETS在OG中经常强调：介词后面+n，不能加doing动名词，或者包含复杂修饰结构的名词短语，所以D和E都违反了这个原则。