Prep1 #110- Then

running2k

110.      (30399-!-item-!-188;#058&004205)



The federal immigration station on Ellis Island, which was first opened in 1892, then rebuilt in 1900, processing nearly three quarters of all immigrants entering the United States in the first quarter of the twentieth century.



(A) The federal immigration station on Ellis Island, which was first opened in 1892, then rebuilt in 1900, processing nearly three quarters of all immigrants entering the United States in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

(B) Having processed nearly three quarters of all immigrants who enter the United States in the first quarter of the twentieth century, the federal immigration station on Ellis Island first opened in 1892 and then was rebuilt in 1900.

(C) Processing nearly three quarters of all immigrants to enter the United States in the first quarter of the twentieth century, the federal immigration station on Ellis Island first opened in 1892, being rebuilt in 1900.

(D) First opened in 1892, then rebuilt in 1900, the federal immigration station on Ellis Island processed nearly three quarters of all immigrants entering the United States in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

(E) Of all immigrants to enter the United States in the first quarter of the twentieth century, the federal immigration station on Ellis Island processed nearly three quarters of them, having first opened in 1892 and rebuilt in 1900.


OA是D，没有问题。

但是不明白 then的这个用法是时间副词，还是连词。看了以前的帖子大家没有很明确的意见。个人觉得这个then还是副词，只是时间上的和opened并列修饰station; 如果是连词的话，不应该用comma, 应该改为"First opened in 1892 and then rebuilt in 1900, the federal....".

这个then很迷惑人，希望牛人出来指点一下，thank you.

AlienX

副詞.
Longman Dictionary of Comtemproray English還不錯~

running2k

谢谢老大，和推荐的字典。

lzj1209

解惑了~
关于then的用法~
谢谢了~