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标题: GWD25-Q17 [打印本页]

作者: angelsgx 时间: 2011-1-14 07:16 标题: GWD25-Q17

Until recently, the Inuit people led a nomadic existence, sheltering in
igloos, the ice-block domes that are peculiar to north-central Canada,
and in structures made of stones, bones, driftwood, and skins.

A.
Until recently, the Inuit people led a nomadic existence, sheltering

B.
During recent times, the Inuit people lead a nomadic existence,
sheltering

C.
In the times that are recent, the Inuit people led a nomadic existence, sheltered

D.
Up until recently, the Inuit people, leading a nomadic existence, have sheltered

E.
Until recent times, leading a nomadic existence, the Inuit people
were sheltered

答案是A, 可是为什么不用完成时呢?

我因此选了D

D的症结是不是因为,把原句的重心改了?

作者: arthurman 时间: 2011-1-14 20:54

个人意见：
until ：longman解释：if something happens until a particular time, it continues and then stops at that time

例句：
- Until recently, Anna worked as a teacher in Japan.
- Up until last year, they didn't even own a car.

这个句子是讲，直到最近之前，Inuit人过的是a nomadic existence的生活，言下之意是，现在不是了。
谓语动词应该用过去时态，因此D不对。
并且，D的意思是：Inuit 过去、现在，一直过着 a nomadic existence 的生活，与句子想表达原意有逻辑错误。

作者: georgina1107 时间: 2011-1-15 12:56

选A

until recently 直到近期用过去式

recently 不久前到现在

since some time 从过去某个点一直到现在

作者: angelsgx 时间: 2011-1-15 21:17

很有说服力,多谢了!!!

作者: winny0821 时间: 2011-1-16 06:49

sheltering是什么成分呢？做定语修饰因纽特人吗？

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