2题疑惑？

renaissance

1. All eels spawn in the sea, the eggs hatching into transparent, ribbon-like larvae _____, feeding until they metamorphose into small eels.
(A) that drift about
(B) drift about
(C) about drifting
(D) drift about them
答案：A     不太好理解，我觉得C对

7. ______ land and money enabled construction of the Union Pacific railroad to begin from
Council Bluffs, Iowa , in 1865.

(A) By the government granting of

(B) Government grants of

(C) For the government to grant

(D) Government grants so that

答案： B

Grants 是什么词形？不理解

高手们解释一下吧，周一就要靠了

renaissance

没人回答我么？

真老九

1.  . All eels spawn in the sea, the eggs hatching into（ transparent, ribbon-like） larvae that drift about, feeding until they metamorphose into small eels.

drift about意思是四处飘流，其主语是larvae。整个句子是独立主格结构

7.  名词，是政府赠与的土地和资金使得.............

renaissance

我在字典上怎么没查到grant有名词的意思

kongkuang

grant   n. 1，money given by the state, usu. for educational purposes, as to a university or to support a student during his studies补助金，津贴

                2，(esp. in former times) land given by a king or government（昔日国王或政府）授予之土地

                 -------P634 LONGMAN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH-CHINESE DICTIONARY

小鱼儿1620

2.需要这么麻烦吗?空格里面+land肯定要表示一个名词,只有选b

kongkuang

以下是引用小鱼儿1620在2004-5-30 15:13:00的发言：
2.需要这么麻烦吗?空格里面+land肯定要表示一个名词,只有选b

yes. you are right. A preposition phrase can't be a subject. so, only B works.

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-5-31 8:42:55编辑过]

renaissance

谢谢楼上各位