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.
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
支持D的理由:
1.with + n + 现在分词 作独立主格表伴随状态, 其主语不一定非要与主句主语一致, 例句The school finished, we began our holiday.
2. plummeting 和becoming 说明正在持续中, 与主句are now using 相呼应, 合乎逻辑.
否定E的理由:
1. while 如果作"与...同时"解, 则while 从句与主句无论在语法上还是在逻辑上都呈对应关系,OG有N个例子,记得的请补充. 仔细体会E, 并不存在这样的对应关系: 成本下降和手机普及的同时,人们在晚上和周末使用手机.所以while不作并列解.
2.那么while表示"转折"么?成本下降,手机普及,顺理成章就该是人们更多地更广泛地使用手机, 也就是主句所表达的意思. 但是, 如果是转折, 意思就该反过来了. 可见, while也不能表转折.
----综合1和2, 前后句的关系应是轻微的因果关系或伴随状态的关系.所以不能用while.
3.再看语法上, in the last year 既可用一般过去时也可用现在完成时. 问题是, 用了完成时, 表示到目前为止已经plummeted了, 与后面are using 似乎没有明显的因果或伴随的关系了. 因此不如D的plummeting 好;同样, D的becoming common 较之E的are common, 与后面的are using 的关系更贴切.
4.写到这,加一个D的另一好, 也是ets的最爱: plummeting 与 becoming 都很平行哦!(虽然E的has plummeted 与are common也没错)
一家之见,但愿不要叫xdjm们犯晕.盼早有定论!再说我这次选的是D,偶尔翻开上次做的记录,居然也是选的D.看了一整天的帖,也曾倒向E,最后索性再研究一番,觉得还是D好.
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