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标题: Section 10 15题 新东方补充资料 [打印本页]

作者: iamf    时间: 2003-1-13 23:49     标题: Section 10 15题 新东方补充资料

Once the economic and social usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated [U]and with its superiority to the horse being [/U]proved, much of the early hostility to it in rural regions disappeared.

The answer is: and its superiority to the horse

My answer: and its superiority over the horse had been

Referring to the dictionary, I found that the prep added after superiority is "over"..
作者: zhouyang1999    时间: 2003-1-14 03:18

the key issue is : no passive voice can be used on wordrove, to be proven is unidiomatic. superior to is idiomatic and origin answer is better.
作者: Louisa_xy    时间: 2003-1-14 08:55

proved用的就是被动语态,省略了was

"and its superiority over the horse had been"-- had been时态不对
作者: VICTOR_JZG    时间: 2003-1-14 13:24

以下是引用Louisa_xy在2003-1-14 8:55:21的发言:
proved用的就是被动语态,省略了was

"and its superiority over the horse had been"-- had been时态不对


Agree with you!




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