help 2 语法 thanks

lll123

1.   From the bark of the paper bitch tree the Menomini crafted a canoe about twenty feetlong and two feet wide,with small ribs and rails fo cedar,which could carry four persons or eight hundred pounds of  (baggage so light )that a person could easily portage it around impeding rapids.
a.baggage so light
b.baggage being so light
c.baggage,yet being so light
d.baggage,and so light
e.baggage yet was so light

which one is the answer? why?

  2.  A firm that ......claims from a one-page writing sample that it can asses more than......
    a.the ability, from a one-page writing sample of assessing.
    b.to be able ,from a one-page writing sample,to assess

  i don't know the difference bewteen a and b, please explain it ,thanks

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Louisa_xy

1.e
...,which could...yet was...

mindfree

T2中ability to do sth.是习语.LZM另解释说claim the ability意思不明.claim是声称的意思,claim victory或claim responsibility都好理解,claim ability不清楚.

mindfree

T1中只能选E, 因为选项后面的成分修饰canoe. A,B中so light修饰baggage, C中有being,并且也就近修饰了baggage,D中的and后面必须有谓语才对.E就很正确,意思也很清楚.