[讨论]3/15语法讨论251-255

wane

(After the Colonial period`s 50 percent mortality rate life expectancy improved for childre,but) as late as the 19th century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six.
A.
B.Even though children`s life expectancy,which imrpoved over the Colonial period`s 50 percent mortality rate,
C.Although life expectancy for children improved after the Colonial period,during which the mortality rate was 50 percent.
D.While there was an improvement in life expectancy for children after the 50 percent mortality rate of the Colonial period,still
E.Despite children`s life expectancy improvement from the Colonial period`s 50 percent mortality rate,

252.Just as a writer to understand shtetl life might read Shalom Aleichem or Isaac Bashevis Singer,(in the same way writers trying to understand Black life in the American South might well listen to records) by the Mississippi Delta bluesman Charlie Patton.
A.
B.in the same way writers who try and understand Black life in the American South might well listen to record
C.so a writer trying to understand black life in the American South might well listen to records
D.so do writers try and understand Black life in the American South and might well listen to a record
E.then writers trying to understand Black life in the American South could well listen to records

253.The pattern of whisker spots on the face of a male lion,(like human fingerprints,are a lifelong means of identification,since they are both unique and unchanging.)
A.
B.like human fingerprints,is a lifelong means of identification,since it is both unique and unchanging
C.like human fingerprints,is a means of identification for life,being both unique and unchanging
D.since they are both unique and unchanging,like human fingerprints,are a means of identification for life
E.both unique and unchanging,are,like human fingerprints,a lifelong means of identification

254.Even though the state has spent ten years and seven million dollars planning a reveroir along the Ubi River,the project (will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming so heavily polluted.)
A.
B.is to be abandoned on account of heavy pollution which the river received
C.had to be abandoned because the river had received such heavy pollution
D.has to be abandoned because of the river and its heavy pollution
E.must be abandoned because the river has become so heavily polluted.

255.(In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade) the public to use public transportation,mass transit has been steadily losing patronage to the private auto-mobile for the past thirty years.
A.
B.In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading
C.Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade
D.Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade.
E.Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading.

bluehero_3

251. C
A: after the N's X
B: even through Children's life X
D: there was a improvement X

252: B
Just as a, so as a

253: B
the pattern ...is...
D:being both and X

254: E
A: as a result of the river becoming X
C: had X, because the river had
is to be X

255: D dispite subsidies to and efforts to
C: the making of efforts X
subsides > subsidizing

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