Season 3——manhattan 57 （答案已贴出）

sanlingjie

加油！
57. Public-access cable television, created in the 1970s, allows the public to broadcast over private television cables laid on public land.

A  the public to broadcast over private television cables laid

B  public broadcasting from the laying of private television cables

C  public broadcasts made from private television cables that were laid

D  that the public can broadcast using private television cables, which are laid

E  the public to broadcast because of the laying of private television cables

The original sentence uses modifiers and idiomatic expressions correctly and has a clear meaning. First, it correctly states that public-access cable television “allows the public to broadcast” -- an expression that is idiomatically sound and also conveys the idea that the action of broadcasting (not the broadcasts themselves) is what is “allowed.” Second, the action of broadcasting is properly modified by the prepositional phrase “over private television cables,” and, in turn, “television cables” is properly modified by the participial modifier “laid on public land.”

(A) CORRECT.This choice is correct, for the reasons in the paragraph above.

(B) This choice is grammatically correct but illogical: the phrasing “broadcasting from the laying of…” suggests that the public can actually produce broadcasts directly from the action of laying the cables, rather than using the cables after they are laid.

(C) The meaning of this choice differs significantly from the original; this choice indicates that the “broadcasts” themselves were allowed -- in other words, the wording of this choice suggests that public-access cable television legalized moretypesof broadcasts, rather than creating a new delivery method for broadcasts. In addition, “made from private television cables” is idiomatically incorrect; this wording illogically suggests that the broadcasts themselves were literally fashioned from television cables.

(D) "Allow(s) that the public can broadcast" is both unidiomatic and redundant; the presence of both "allow" and "can" creates redundancy. In addition, the modifier at the end of the sentence is changed from an essential modifier to a nonessential modifier, changing the meaning to suggest that the sentence is referring to all television cables (while the original sentence includes only those cables that are laid on public land).

(E) This sentence is grammatically correct but illogical; the use of "because" suggests that there is an actual cause-and-effect relationship. In other words, this sentence illogically suggests that the laying of television cables actually causes the public to produce television broadcasts.


这题算是考的比较简单，主要是allow的用法：allow sb. to do sth. 以及allow doing sth. 都是正确的用法。

xeyyxzty

57. Public-access cable television, created in the 1970s, allows the public to broadcast over private television cables laid on public land.

A  the public to broadcast over private television cables laid
--right
B  public broadcasting from the laying of private television cables
--allow to do--from the laying of...不对吧
C  public broadcasts made from private television cables that were laid
--allow pubic broadcasts--fragments?
D  that the public can broadcast using private television cables, which are laid
--are时态不对吧
E  the public to broadcast because of the laying of private television cables
--because没有这个因果吧

sanlingjie

虽然程度很差~但还要坚持

-- by 会员 xeyyxzty (2011/11/24 22:43:00)

成功一直以来都是给坚持到底的人准备的！加油！

CHRISTINE2010

坚持就是胜利~~

这题真的不太会解释，而且也不太会做~~

只是觉得也许选A。。。。。

看来又有很多语法点点等着我了~~

winghyy

选A
固定搭配allow sb to do
B.broadcast本来就是名词，broadcasting不够简洁;
C.that were laid错，allows对应的应该是一般现在时
D.没有allow that这个用法
E.because of造成逻辑意思不通

balapupu

A.allow sb todo sth,laid 过去分词做定语修饰cables，相比之下简洁明了，但是对于over的使用不是很清楚，这里的over要怎么翻译？是through的意思么？
B.from the laying of 改变句意思并且不简洁，原句是强调cables，这个变成了强调动作。
C.made from改变句意思，that be 不简洁明
D.变成宾语从句不简洁，随意添加can不对，并且添加which修饰也不简洁.
E.改变句意思，不简洁

jofre

57. Public-access cable television, created in the 1970s, allows the public to broadcast over private television cables laid on public land.

A  the public to broadcast over private television cables laid
正确

B  public broadcasting from the laying of private television cables
from错误；laying of错误

C  public broadcasts made from private television cables that were laid
made from错误；were laid时态错误

D  that the public can broadcast using private television cables, which are laid
allow that 表示认可，意思错；cables, which are laid可用cables laid替代更简洁

E  the public to broadcast because of the laying of private television cables
because of表原因，意思不对；laying of错误

vanchaser

我选A。
allow sb to do吧。
idiom, meaning, concision.

maxiv

57. Public-access cable television, created in the 1970s, allows
    the public to broadcast over private television cables laid
on public land.

A  the public to broadcast over private television cables laid
对

B  public broadcasting from the laying of private television cables
allows 后面需要被allow的动作，木有

C  public broadcasts made from private television cables that were laid
同B

D  that the public can broadcast using private television cables, which are laid
which are罗嗦
allow和can是不是重复啊？

E  the public to broadcast because of the laying of private television cables
because of是什么，莫名其妙的因果关系

南瓜0729

57. Public-access cable television, created in the 1970s, allows the public to broadcast over private television cables laidon public land.

A  the public to broadcast over private television cables laid

B  public broadcasting from the laying of private television cables 固定搭配不对

C  public broadcasts made from private television cables that were laid 固定搭配不对

D  that the public can broadcast using private television cables, which are laid 固定搭配不对

E  the public to broadcast because of the laying of private television cables 改变句意