GWD29-36

qiuqiaomm

Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables the United States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader, begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do not conclude by the United States government’s being satisfied, to impose sanctions.

 

 

1. by the United States government’s being satisfied, to impose
2. by the United States government’s satisfaction, impose
3. with the United States government’s being satisfied, imposing
4. to the United States government’s satisfaction, impose
5. E. to the United States government’s satisfaction, imposing

答案是D，我觉得应该选B

根据字典上的说法

conclude作“结束，终止”解时by或with，如they concluded the meeting by saying a prayer.

作“决定”解时可以接不定式，如we conclude not to wait.

此处显然应该是作“结束，收场”解，“如果谈判不以美国政府的满意收场”

所以，我觉得B更象是正确答案

Open to discussion

susanoffice

此题我当时选的也是B，不过正确答案应该是D。

conclude既可做及物，也可做不及物。你举的例子They concluded the meeting by saying a prayer就是及物动词的用法，而不及物的例子有The meeting concludes.

题目中conclude是做不及物动词用，但后面为什么要用to呢？那是因为to one's satisfaction是固定搭配，所以选D。在做GWD的过程中，我发现ETS经常出这种tricky的题目，类似的还有一道provide..for的，因为没有注意和哪个动词搭配，导致介词选择错误。