VERBAL 2nd Edition SC第36题

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Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues elsewhere and is able to be brought into the country by visitors.

(A) Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues elsewhere and is able to be
(B) Polio, although eradicated in the United States, it still continues elsewhere and can be
(C) Although still continuing elsewhere, polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be
(D) Although having been eradicated in the United States, polio still continues elsewhere and is capable of being
(E) Although eradicated in the United States, polio continues elsewhere and could be       

虽然选对了（答案E），但是还是有几点疑问。答案解析和网上其他论坛对该题的解答(http://gmatclub.com/forum/polio-although-it-is-eradicated-in-the-united-states-it-114066.html)认为D选项没有任何错误，只是比较wordy。那么问题：1.D选项中having been这种ing结构的一般现在时用在这里真的没问题吗？2.be capable of 和 could真的没区别吗？（我筛选D E答案的时候是针对be capable of和could筛选的，我认为的是be capable of 强调的是一种主观能力，could不强调这点，因此去掉了D选项）

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D里，开始觉得having been可以，当一个名词modifify来修饰polio，后来觉得不对，although后面不是都是完整句子么？

be capable of， 我和你的想法一样，主语是polio， 这里翻译成中文，就是 polio有能力被游客带回到美国。 感觉不通

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516516516 发表于 2014-3-14 01:11
D里，开始觉得having been可以，当一个名词modifify来修饰polio，后来觉得不对，although后面不是都是完整 ...

although后面是可以跟一个modifier的，如：Although  grumbling  sometimes, he works hard. （《现代汉英大词典》）

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lqlq1232004 发表于 2014-3-14 16:36
although后面是可以跟一个modifier的，如：Although  grumbling  sometimes, he works hard. （《现代汉 ...

嗯，你是对的，og13里也的确有although引导不是svo，当修饰的句子。 类似的情况，在曼哈顿CAT里也有

感谢指正