老prep2-17

zjhzkingsam

17. The success of the program to eradicate smallpox has stimulated experts to pursue what they had
not previously considered possible--better control, if not eradication, of the other infections such as
measles and yaws.
(A) what they had not previously considered possible--better control, if not eradication, of the other
infections such as
(B) what they had not previously considered a possibility--better control, if not eradication, of such
infections like
(C) something they had not previously considered possible-better control, if not eradication, of such
infections as
(D) something not considered a previous possibility--better control and perhaps eradication, of
other infections such as
(E) the possibility of what they had not previously considered--better control and possibly
eradication of infections like

答案是C，主要是没有太看懂prep语法笔记的讲解：
1、D选项说：other用错，没有搭配对象。
这指的是必须one...the other的搭配吗？但是很多句子里面不是都单独用other来排除之前提到过的一个东西吗？
例如 I’m taller than other students in my class.
2、E选项： the possibility of what用法错误，应该用that；
为什么应该用that？
谢谢各位啦~

huangsiyan

没有说one 和 the other 必须要搭配，但楼主你举得例子是在一句话里面 主语I 和other students  是一个对应的计较关系，但是这个题目不一样，the other infections 与 smallpox 无法对应，因为这句话没有将这两个对象进行比较。

至于the possibility of what是没有语法发错误的，但是在这里用法不对，这里要判断出来还是很难的啊。。
of 往往是表示从属关系的 比如：the man of great intelligence. 是表明great intelligence 是属于这个男的一种特性，但是这个句子表达的是 what they had not previously considered 是对possibility 的一个进一步解释，而非表达从属关系，所以用同位语从句that 来解释是怎么样的possibility 更加准确些！

楼主不知道理解了没？这是我的个人理解！

zjhzkingsam

你的意思就是说把E变成the possibility that....这样吗？那我就理解了~我一直以为是the possibility of that....然后就再也想不通为什么that可以出现在of后面~哈哈，越做越傻啦~谢谢啦~

huangsiyan

呵呵，我有时候也是脑袋犯晕乎。但尽量避免在公共场合犯迷糊撒~~~呵呵