关于there be句型的疑问

ozymendias

基本上，做sc中出现there be句型可视为冗长或罗嗦，大部分情况下是被果断排除的。但有时there be句型也会成为正确答案，比如大全506：   我想问的就是，在什么情况下there be句型视为正确呢？期待大家阐述自己的看法
Minnesota is the only one of the contiguousforty-eight states that still has a sizable wolf population, and where this predator remains the archenemy of cattle and sheep.
(A)that still has a sizable wolf population, and where
(B)that still has a sizable wolf population, where
(C)that still has a sizable population of wolves, and where
(D)where the population of wolves is still sizable;（E）

(E) where there is still a sizable population of wolves and where

jbc88

后面是实物名词的时候，如人，狗，狼。。。很多。。

where there is still asizable population of wolves and where

population算不算实物名词呢？困惑~望路过者帮忙

bdsjb116

m is the only one of the contiguousforty-eight states where... where...

平行结构吧 话说我觉得E也怪怪的，ps. D哪里不对了啊

andreasyang

there be 确实基本都非正确答案
这里选there be 完全只是因为其它都不平行，一会that 一会where的

ozymendias

m is the only one of the contiguousforty-eight states where... where...

平行结构吧 话说我觉得E也怪怪的，ps. D哪里不对了啊

-- by 会员 bdsjb116 (2010/9/22 0:57:04)

D语法上是正确的，但是用分号破坏了原来两个分句的关系，原意是两者并列修饰m的

ozymendias

听了下xdf赵丽的网络课堂，提到there be用于自然存在的情况，而商业英语中不大会牵涉到自然存在，所以大多数情况下是错的，而本题中wolf应该是属于自然存在的，所以ok
不知道这样可否解释得通。大家来拍拍砖

ozymendias

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
A.    there are less than one-quarter that many
B.    there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C.    there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D.    the number is less than one-quarter the amount        
E.    it is less than one-quarter of that amount
这题prep2-185，答案是B，却用了there be句型，貌似不属于“自然存在”而只是单纯的某地有某物而已。。puzzle
The investigations of many psychologistsand anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference inthe underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
(A) of there being little that is asignificant difference
(B) of there being little that issignificantly different
(C) of little that is significantlydifferent
(D) that there is little that issignificantly different
(E) that there is little of significantdifferences  

swimswan

我的想法是：不要用there be 来判正误，找别的错误

GMAC为了打消见there be 必错的观点，弄了几个有there be 的正确选项
但是在一些题目中否定there be 时，往往只给wordy, unidionmatic这样含糊的答案

所以别把there be当考点

LZ说的这道题可以用平行结构中两次需相同来排除ABCD

swimswan

回答二楼的：
D破坏了原句的结构，把平行的两个句子拆成了两个单句

唐棣

B为什么错了呀？也是破坏了结构吗？把and去掉？