问2道语法题

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Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were

A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were

B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been

C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends

D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends

E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends

Laos
has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only 4 million in population, where many are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
A. about the same as Great Britain
but only 4 million in population, where many
B. of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos
there is a population of only 4 million, and many
C. that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos
with a population of only 4 million people, many of them
D. comparable to the size of Great Britain
, but only 4 million in population, and many
E. comparable to that of Great Britain
but a population of only 4 million people, many of whom


还有我听了这里下载的赵丽老师语法课，做GWD里面的题正确率都很高，一做PREP的题完全不知道怎么选，而且按照赵丽老师讲的思路我发觉好多题都最不可能的选项是答案.请教大家一下！

小困蛇

C 和 E？
#1Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were.
A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
expect sb to do固定用法，排除DE. 希望automakers改变现有的方式，一般过去时错误。B 错在前面是sb to do,后面是they be(变形)形式不对应，be变成done什么的估计就对。所以C。就像我的签名，咱们要选错的，不是选对的。

#2Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only 4 million in population, where many are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
A. about the same as Great Britain but only 4 million in population, where many
B. of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a population of only 4 million, and many
C. that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos with a population of only 4 million people, many of them
D. comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only 4 million in population, and many
E. comparable to that of Great Britain,but a population of only 4 million people, many of whom
AB same as平行不对等，land area不能和UK比。同理D排除。
C错在but后面无论是介宾结构，还是独立主格结构前面都没有能对应的。
D实在是太完美了，我都不想说了，that不特指，has a..,bat a..平行对应，大平行套小平行~whom 宾格因为a population作前句宾语。句末宾语同位语又是ETS优选结构，舍我其谁

什么老师，我都不认识。PREP喜欢挑难题怪题做，这是我的笨法子

tiffanyxysukey

C 和 E？

-- by 会员 小困蛇 (2011/1/5 10:26:10)

恩 能不能解释下？谢谢

苏格拉无底

第一题，AB选项的意思会产生误解，是让股息更保守，这就逻辑有问题了。
DE那个automakers that... 错在这个结构上，显然错了。
而C就意思连贯了，是让他们在制定股息时更保守。

tiffanyxysukey

十分感谢