gwd1-20。30求教

kuuiytt

Q30:

The ancient Anasazi harvested such native desert vegetation as the purple-flowered bee plant, what they now commonly call wild spinach in northern Arizona and other parts of the southwestern United States.

A. what they now commonly call

B. a plant that they now commonly call

C. now commonly called

D. and is mow commonly called

E. which it is now commonly called

答案是c，没问题。但是我觉得c似乎又引起歧义之嫌。我认为b更好，只是觉得b中的they有问题。请指教。

teyvhf

they的确指代有问题, 因为they不太可能指代The ancient Anasazi, 这里感觉they指的是现代的人......

(C)应该很明确就近指代

kuuiytt

Q20:

Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.

A. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them

B. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it

C. took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete

D. 700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete

E. to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years

让我觉得别扭的是我选的是c，答案是b。问题是按照b，句子变成the army of terra-cotta warriors took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it。

我觉得这个it是很多余的。

sth takes ...to complete. 才对阿

请教

teyvhf

我查了一下字典, 发现complete是Vt, (我原先也是这样想的 sth take sb to complete, 看来还有待证实)

kuuiytt

longman里面的take sb to do sth

4 ▶TIME/MONEY/EFFORT ETC◀ [intransitive and transitive]if something takes a particular amount of time, money, effort etc, that amount of time etc is needed for it to happen or succeed How long is this going to take ?Organizing a successful street party takes a lot of energy.

take (somebody) something (to do something)

Repairs take time to carry out. It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dark.

take (somebody) ages/forever informal

It took me ages to find a present for Dad. take some doing British English informal (=need a lot of time or effort) Catching up four goals will take some doing. take courage/guts It takes courage to admit you are wrong. have what it takes informal (=to have the qualities that are needed for success) Neil's got what it takes to be a great footballer

teyvhf

C, C. Q30 "now called ..." modifies "the purple-flowered bee plant" 很好, 没有任何问题. Q20 B the "it" in the end is not only unnecessary, but wrong. "sth. take sb. some time to complete" is idiomatic.