请教语法第三册的题目

amigo

5. The expected rise in the price of oil could　(be a
serious impact to industrialized nations and severely
diminish the possibility to have) an economy free of
inflation.

(A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility to have
(B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility to have
(C) seriously impact on industrialized nations and
severely impede the possibility of having
(D) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely impede the possibility to have
(E) have a serious impact on industrialized nations
and severely diminish the possibility of
having


这题答案是E，而我选择B，请高手解释一下。多谢！

tongxun

1、impede 与diminish的意思是不一样的。而后者在本句中更符合逻辑意思。
2、possibility 的用法：possibility of 是对的。

猫猫头

impede the possibility ?我觉得逻辑上讲不通
impede 是阻碍的意思,阻碍可能性?中文有这么说的吗??

amigo

两位说的有理，多谢了。
还有个问题：
. In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin
passed the Earth at about the same distance and in
about the same position, some 25 degrees above the
horizon, that Halley's comet will pass the next time
it appears.

(A) that Halley's comet will pass
(B) that Halley's comet is to be passing
(C) as Halley's comet
(D) as will Halley's comet
(E) as Halley's comet will do

这里选E不选A的理由是不是因为A中的that前有个逗号，that不能修饰非限制从句？而不是出在pass上吧？我对比较中应补什么样的动词总搞不清楚。

princess

这儿主要是因为the same ...as.的固定用法

amigo

lzm说过在the same...as中，as作为关系代词可和that互换，而且也看到过有the same...that的用法。

princess

?!
你看到过GMAT题目里面有用the same...that吗？能不能找一找，贴出来大家讨论一下

PS：这里选E不选A的理由是不是因为A中的that前有个逗号，that不能修饰非限制从句？
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这儿虽然that前面有逗号，但仍然是限定性从句，逗号前面的仅仅是插入语

猫猫头

在所有的英语表达中
都没有the same...that 的
除非这个that是用来修饰same后面的东西，是从属关系
只有as后面的才能与之平行

amigo

这是我从lzm书上找到的，我只将正确答案写出：
A letter by Mark Twain,written in the same year that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was pubished.
书中解释道：此处用that和as可互换，指代时间状语in the same year

猫猫头

他的解释又不一定都对
我觉得这题的意思，可能是在同样的一年里，所强调的是the same year
而不是后面的内容，不是指和。。。一样
可能意思差不多，但是在语法表达上面有所侧重
这是个人已经，仅供参考哦~~