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paopao

240. What brought the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.

(A) What brought

(B) The thing that brought

(C) That which brought

(D) Bringing（A）

(E) What has brought

Choice A is best. The verb tense is correct and the pronoun what refers most concisely and idiomatically to the noun increase. It may help to imagine a simplified version of the sentence and substitute the other answer choices for “The price increase was what brought...”Both B and C are unnecessarily wordy, and C is awkward and unidiomatic. （重复）Both D and E are faulty in tense; Bringing suggests an ongoing condition and is incompatible with an action that was completed shortly after the Second World War. （过去进行时与shortly after不一致）Similarly, has brought indicates action that continues up to the present; （完成时表示动作持续到现在）the past tense brought is needed to parallel was. （平行，动词的平行）

1. Bringing suggests an ongoing condition and is incompatible with an action that was completed shortly after the Second World War. 理解为倒装 对吗

2是否过去进行时与shortly after不一致

谢谢

rt316

现分句首找逻辑主语，整个句子没有任何断句，更不用说逻辑主语了。

paopao

我的理解是这样的

A special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.was bringing the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War .

不知哪里错了

LES

Doing sth. is/was doing sth.

paopao

以下是引用LES在2004-7-11 9:04:00的发言：
Doing sth. is/was doing sth.

啥意思啊

LES

常考的动名词作主语的句子结构。

paopao

以下是引用paopao在2004-7-11 8:17:00的发言：

我的理解是这样的

A special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.was bringing the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War .

不知哪里错了

我的问题是这个啊

jnlvo

was bringing ....shortly after意思表达不是很合理，after时间范围太广，此时用brought更清楚。

就算was bringing 可以，bringing也不可倒装，没见过进行时倒装的。

guhuo

现分句首找逻辑主语，整个句子没有任何断句，更不用说逻辑主语了。

What brought the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.


governmentally sanctioned price increase 不就是邏輯主語了嗎？governmentally 前有逗號不就是斷句了嗎？

這樣不就是Bringing…

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-2-2 13:16:32编辑过]

brissa

以下是引用paopao在2004-7-11 8:17:00的发言：

我的理解是这样的

A special, governmentally sanctioned price increase allowed during a period of wage and price controls.was bringing the automobile company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War .

不知哪里错了

顶一个。

一开始认为 rt316 说的“现分句首找逻辑主语，整个句子没有任何断句，更不用说逻辑主语了。”有道理，现在paopao这么一问，也晕了。

同问