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redpot

The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek /U world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month/U

A. world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month
B. world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival's month
C. world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month
D. world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
E. world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

primefang

I choose D

because i think 1. the month of the festival is better than the festival's month.

tongxun

我选C。因为，A中的in that 用的不好，且由于从逻辑上讲有动作的执行者，但用了被动；
B的proclaiming 修饰错误；D的for若换成because就比较好了，一般都用because引导一个完整的表示原因的从句；E，by proclamation 的动作执行者不明确

primefang

我认为C 不妥,
1  when 并没有明显的时间状语
2  they 指代办 states ?
3  proclaim .... for... 好象不太顺

tongxun

If choose B, you can find that the modifier of proclaiming is unclear.

primefang

In B , the proclaiming modify the whole preceding sentence

I think B maybe right.  Because further thinking, you can find the sentence didn't have a cause -effect logic

tongxun

redpot: please give the correct answer to us.

cnritter

应该是C，C与D的差别在与：C表明truce是为Olympic特意宣布，而D的意思是在此期间宣布，不免有些马后炮之嫌。其实我认为5个选项都不完美，但正如ETS所讲，矮子里拔将军

redpot

Yes.  The answer was shown to be "C".  I chose "B" the first time, but "c" after my long time considering .  It did seem better than any other one.  "they" is referred to the people, I think.  However, how can I have so much time in a real test to consider it?