关于JJ GWD一道有关电话普及，但是大家还周末打电话的?

JasonJi

GWD-9-Q3:
Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are
increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a
wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous wireless companies provide
unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee.

A. Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people
B. As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile phones became increasingly common, many people
C. In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile phones have become increasingly common, there are many people
D. With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile phones becoming increasingly common, many people are
E. While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are

真的好象答案应该是 D,参见:

http://www.sentencecorrection.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t1335.html

此题没有对比的逻辑意义, 另外ETS 特别喜欢考平行,尤其是用and经常用做平行信号,偶看这题答案是D的可能性远远大于E

With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile phones becoming increasingly common, many people are,

jasonhercules

我昨天做这题的时候思路和你一样，但和答案不一样，我还特郁闷，今天看你一说，我更确定答案有问题了！谢谢！

up up up up

不过好象帖错版了，这里是数学区！

爱维的天

I agree with JasonJi  The answer should be D.

sunday_zhou

那with 修饰主语没有问题吗？语意好像不通吧

我还是选E.明确的转折含义

JasonJi

以下是引用sunday_zhou在2004-12-20 12:37:00的发言：

那with 修饰主语没有问题吗？语意好像不通吧

我还是选E.明确的转折含义

www.webster.com

Main Entry: with
Pronunciation: 'wi[th], 'with, w&[th], w&th

9a -- used as a function word to indicate a close association in time

<with the outbreak of war they went home>

金山词霸kingsoft,

with

(8)因为, 由于

With the state of national economy so serious I see no reason for the government's complacency.

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-12-20 13:33:51编辑过]

sunday_zhou

jason, 你的意思是with表因为、由于吗，或是表临近的时间？可我觉得这句话是转折的意味啊，而with不能表达出这个意思。

bettyamen

E is correct, I ask my american friend, since there is a exact time in the question, so should use while, not with

Baker

D is better.

buddyk

以下是引用bettyamen在2004-12-20 22:25:00的发言：
E is correct, I ask my american friend, since there is a exact time in the question, so should use while, not with

美国人一定对吗？

这个题E一定错。为什么，你看看这个句子变成什么了。

While ...., many people..., when .....

如果你说While表转折，While在书面语不能表转折。表转折需要用Whereas。

而且这个题里面没有转折的含义。

所以D。

buddyk

这个题不是说

电话公司成本越来越低，但是大家还是在晚上和周末打电话。

这个题是说

随着电话公司成本的降低和移动电话的普及，电话公司提供了很低价格的包月服务，人们在晚上和周末大范围地使用移动电话。