OG12-66， 选项D

lenaqiao

66. The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
(A) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
(B) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
(C) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
(D) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
(E) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is

A Correct. In this concise sentence, verbs agree in number with their subjects and the relative pronoun which indicates clearly that the animal known as the killer whale is the subject of the verbs in the dependent clause.
B Changing the verb to the participial growing introduces ambiguity, because it could refer back to the subject of the sentence (32 species).
C Th e participial growing might refer to the 32 species; the introduction of being is unnecessarily wordy and adds nothing in terms of meaning.
D as big as is an idiomatically incorrect expression of the comparison; the plural verb form include is needed to match the plural subject the 32 species.
E It simply restates the subject of the previous phrase, introducing more words but no additional meaning; the singular verb form includes should be the plural form include.
Th e correct answer is A.
OG里解释说as big as is an idiomatically incorrect expresion of the conparision.
不明白什么意思，请NN帮忙解释一下~~~
万分感谢！

luyiqing

as big as 前后比较对象不对称啊，前面是killer whale,后面是30 feet long

举个例子吧，对称： The apple is as big as the orange.

QiMei

这题GWD第一套里也有，我也做错了。。。

lenaqiao

as big as 前后比较对象不对称啊，前面是killer whale,后面是30 feet long

举个例子吧，对称： The apple is as big as the orange.

-- by 会员 luyiqing (2010/5/22 17:53:38)

那可以说成as long as 30 feet吧？我怎么印象中常常见到这种表达方法呢~~~

bonnie0715

as ...as是比较前后两样事物的。D翻译出来就是鲸鱼长得像30英尺长。鲸鱼怎么会像30英尺

imagelan

欧，这样啊，明白了