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
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 Key: c 看到aeoluseros等童鞋给的B的解释是应该在have been 后面加上setting或改为have set才对。。。
有没有哪位好心的给解释下为什么要补充上这个才对啊?前面不是已经有to set dividends了么??
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 Key: c 看到aeoluseros等童鞋给的B的解释是应该在have been 后面加上setting或改为have set才对。。。
有没有哪位好心的给解释下为什么要补充上这个才对啊?前面不是已经有to set dividends了么??
B相中的 ‘than they have been' 时态上和主句匹配。 现在完成进行时表示过去开始发生的事情,现在仍然在进行 例如: The Chinese have been making paper for two thousand years. 表示过去开始的动作,目前仍在进行,中国仍然在造纸。
所以 than they have been 所要表达的是:期待automakers 将来会改变目前的一种状况,什么状况呢?:就是 从过去以来一贯的 ’less conservative' (太不保守) 所以B项时态匹配。
问题是B项 ‘than they have been是省略结构 完整的句子应该是: than they have been 'less conservative' (不太保守) 意思是和他们从过去到现在一贯的 ’不太保守‘相比,他们将会更保守。 但是这个 省略结构却没有对应 (或者说省略结构无法还原),因为上文中 conservative(ly) 作状语。而没有出现 to be more conservative的结构 应该改写成:to be more conservative ...than they have been.
如果省略结构省略的是:have been setting dividends, 那么省略之后应该写作:than they have been doing. ‘doing’不能省略,它本身就是setting the dividends的省略。 排除B
选择C
*******************以下是回复各位楼上的****************** 回复楼主 ‘为什么这样啊’: B项应该修改为:have been doing, 或have done 现在完成时是匹配的,因为分红可能不是一个连续不间断的动作。用现在完成时表示从现在向过去倒推,automakers一直不太保守,也就是说,从目前来看,已经发生过的分红是不太保守的,分析师期待他们在以后未来的分红中变得更保守。
回复二楼haohaibo528: 赞同! B项省略了doing, 使得比较的方面不是 to set dividend more conservatively / less conservatively, 比较的方面成了 to be less conservative / to be more conservative 而上文没有 to be conservative 这个结构,所以than前后没有对应。
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 Key: c 看到aeoluseros等童鞋给的B的解释是应该在have been 后面加上setting或改为have set才对。。。
有没有哪位好心的给解释下为什么要补充上这个才对啊?前面不是已经有to set dividends了么??
比较题让人很头疼啊。。。。大家有什么想法一起来讨论下撒。。。
-- by 会员 为什么这样啊 (2011/10/14 21:31:31)
你是成都人吗???我看到你说撒 呢。。。。 其实比较很简单, 如果是主谓的句子,没有宾语,可以直接加比较的。不会歧义。 如果是主谓宾全的句子,则要分很多情况。如果主语比较,则A do sth than B do .是正解。 放到这题里边,set dividends more conservatly than .... 因为这里是实习动词set,所以than后面应该是用do..然后到底是怎么样要看具体语境的时态,比如这题。 再举个例子,the car is more efficient for (反正是有宾语)...than bike is。 因为这里是Is,是be动词,所以than后面用is ,are ,was, were,具体也要看语境时态呢,。 但是大结构是这样的。。。 我觉得你在这里困惑 不知道是不是 哈哈哈哈