253. Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

A colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed

B. which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing

答案是B

og指出，A中有这样一个错误：usual前面的was应该省去。

我排除这个选项是觉得than usual是习惯用法，并没有觉得有什么语法错误。

再看下一个

266. In a recent poll, 82 percent of the public favored a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than the present act.

C. at least as strong a Clean Air Act as is

E. a Clean Air Act at least as strong as

答案是E

当然E选项跟原句的中心更为接近。og认为C最后的is多余。

我在做的时候，认为at least as strong as the present act is. 恰恰是因为E没有is才排除了E。而且C选项的结构也是正确的。

这两道题的省略应该怎样解释呢？尤其是266题。

大侠们指教阿

谢过

253. that (it was) usual

266. 82% favored an Act as strong as the present Act.

是宾语互相比较，不是主语互相比较，所以不需要补出动词。

在主语互相比较时才要尽量补出动词，不出比不补出好；但补错了也不对。

Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

我会选B。May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions,这两的分句之间没有逻辑上的并列或主从关系啊。。如果你选A。

句子的主语是Analysts谓语是 blamed 后面是宾语May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise， as well as是并列连词，下一个并列分句是 the weather引导的定语从句which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture吗？显然不是，weather,怎么能够慢销售呢？当然只有物品拉。

再看B

Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather,which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

是不是就好多拉

the weather是先行词，后面是由which引导的定语从句。再来一格外slowing。。。。表伴随/同时发生。

ing的用法基本就是：伴随

同时发生

原因

266与上一个题目没有可比性，两个考点不一样。

266题型在国内的考研以及今年的高考中都出现过。

In a recent poll, 82 percent of the public favored at least as strong a Clean Air Act as is the present act。

语法结构来说C就不对。主语82 percent of the public ，谓语是favored ,at least as strong a Clean Air Act as"至少和CAA一样强的**"再来一个谓语动词is,那不就有两个谓语拉。

去掉is也没有E好。

In a recent poll, 82 percent of the public favored at least as strong a Clean Air Act as is the present act。

In a recent poll, 82 percent of the public favored a Clean Air Act at least as strong as the present act。

你再划句子成分看看，是不是好一些？

从og253和og266看助词的使用( 再补充一下) 253. Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture. A colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed B. which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing 我们在分析句子时，两个句子之间要么是并列要么是主从，Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions,，你看这两个句子之间有没有逻辑上的并列和住从关系？没有吧！ ETS为什么说去掉was就好了呢？ 因为你没有was,colder and wetter than usual in some regions就是一个短语拉，他没有谓语就不是句子拉，记住：一个句子可以什么都缺就是不能没有谓语。 是短语才没有语法错误

253. that (it was) usual

我想问一下，我看了你的解释，你的意思是：

the weather, colder and wetter than （the weather was) usual in some regions,

我觉得你后面这样补全后，就变成（the weather was) usual in some regions

可是这句话是什么意思呢？好像不太正确哦：）

是不是应该补充为：（the weather which was) usual in some regions

是不同地区waether之间的对比。

请指教，欢迎其他xdjm一起讨论：）