19. Although it claims to delve into political issues,television can be [U]superficial such as when each of the three major networks [/U]broadcast exactly the same statement from a political candidate.
(A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks
(B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all of the three major networks
(C) superficial if the three major networks all
(D) superficial whenever each of the three major networks
(E) superficial, as when the three major networks each
The correct answer is E and is it idiomatic to say as when? Why C is incorrect.
20. In December of 1987 an automobile manufacturer pleaded no contest to criminal charges of odometer tampering and agreed to pay more than $16 million
in civil damages for [U]cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected[/U]
(A) cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected
(B) cars that it had test-driven with their disconnected odometers
(C) its cars having been test-driven with discon-nected odometers
(D) having test-driven cars with their odometers disconnected
(E) having cars that were test-driven with discon-nected odometers
The key is D and why A is incorrect.
25. The record of the past is always incomplete, [U]and the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects [/U]the preoccupations of their own time.
(A) the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects
(B) the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect
(C) a historian writing about it inevitably reflects
(D) writing about it, it is inevitable for historians to reflect
(E) historians in writing about it inevitable reflect
The key is E and why A is incorrect?
26.According to some analysts, whatever [U]its merits, the proposal to tax[/U] away all capital gains on short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall Street trading and employment.
(A) its merits, the proposal to tax
(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing
(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing
(D) the proposal's merits, to tax
(E) the proposal's merits are, taxing
The key is A and why B is incorrect?作者: 猫猫头 时间: 2002-10-31 11:53
19、个人认为要从意思去理解，C中的if后面变成了前面的条件，这显然与文章意思不符合
20、that were在这里比较繁琐
26、情态动词一般不能自己随便给出，如果在A里面有情态V，其位置也不可以随意变动
proposal的用法：proposal for sth/doing sth
proposal to do sth(from Oxford dic)作者: mihu 时间: 2002-10-31 11:58
20. pay $16 million for 做错事，而不是车本身
25. note: their own time
