A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
reduce的主语是a 1972 agreement,所以用reduced,所以留下ACD。但是C有2个动词,留下AD。
that从句修饰phosphates(磷酸盐),从语义上讲用have been dumped最好,但是选项没有,而had been dumped指在reduce之前,即1972年之间,然后就没有了,如果这样,还要agreement干嘛用?
最后,从正确答案理解,由于有1972年的agreement,所以现在人们对于phosphates的乱倒现象减少了。