kaplan的一道语法题--关于插入语--解决

cheriseliu

P206
Recent indications of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their purchases; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

A  so depressed have sales figures been as a result that
B  the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
C  as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
D  the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
E  the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result,

答案是A，不明白为什么E错，请同学们踊跃发言哈！

cocoloop

我想可以考虑两点：第一，A没有错，而且倒装句语气比较强烈，这时候就应该保留原句；第二，A的逻辑关系是，消费者的购物行为趋向保守，因此（as a result）销售数字一蹶不振；E选项已经用so...that句型了，如此...以至于,即that之后就是结果政府采取了什么行动，再用as a result就重复了。

cheriseliu

嗯！第二点应该是正确的，有说服力！ 谢谢！！

aeoluseros

as a result是状语，修饰的是sales figures have been so depressed.
所以E里面as a result一定不是放在that后面的。
C的has单复数错误，as a result修饰了后面整个成分也不好。
D里面缺少谓语动词
B，so depressed as a result的意思是作为一个结果太悲剧了，改变了原句合理含义(as a result和so depressed太近)。
A的句式，so...that不管so和that相隔多远都没有关系。而so depressed与as a result相隔远了以后就没有as a result修饰so depressed的歧义了。
umm..貌似第一次见到这样的考法，相隔远反倒没事。