11. In jazz music, a riff is a simple melodic figure, _________ and repeated several times.
(A) usually one or two measures lasted
(B) lasted one measure or two usually
(C) is lasting one or two measures usually
(D) usually lasting one or two measures
答案:D
解析:这是平行对称结构种比较难得一个情况,就是现在分词和过去分词并列修饰名词figure, last是主动的, the figure lasts one or two measures; repeat是被动的, the figure is repeated several times。 其他几个choice都是主动被动混乱, C有两个动词谓语。
这里有个关键的地方就是,repeat到底修饰的是measure还是figure?个人觉得应该是前者。所以还是A比较好(usually one or two measures (are) lasted and repeated several times--------少了谓语动词are),这样一来就是标准的独立主格结构了。