Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set cash more conservatively than they were.
A) to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B) to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C) to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D) that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E) that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
答案:C
Prep2008 Final Edition的解释如下:
选项分析
A. 实义动词to set(表达预测,将来时)与系动词were不平行,如果比较级的第一部分用副词,那么修饰的是动词set,than之后句子就不能是系动词(were/have been),而是应该用do: to set Div. more conservatively than they have done.
B. to set与have been不平行,要在been后面加上setting以修正平行。
C. Correct;be + adj + in doing something很顺口, e.g. She is very active in posting questions on CD.;时态也很好:to be表示从现在开始的未来,have been 从过去到现在,时间轴上没有空缺
D. Expect搭配错误,不能用that从句,应该用to;were的时态问题
E. 不能用that从句,应该用to; to set错误,应该改为in setting
不知道LZ有没有听过一种说法,叫对位指代:
主从句的主语对位指代,即当从句的主语是代词时,往往指代主句的主语—但也不绝对——————prep08
主语+ expect+ 宾语1+宾补: to do sth more ... than they were
即宾语1(主语2)+ do sth more ... than they were,
more...than比较前后平行,they指代的是主语2
analysts expect automakers to set cash more conservatively than they were,
比较的是conservatively ,它是副词,副词修饰动词set cash,
than前后比较的是修饰副词的动词
automakers set cash more conservatively than they set
automakers be more conservative than they have been