一些语法题，共勉！欢迎讨论！

lilya

有的有答案，但是不是很理解，欢迎讨论。（FROM LZM BOOK）
1．Intended primarily to stimulate family summer travel,the new airfare,which allows both an adult and a child to fly for the price of one ticket,and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than fourteen.
(A)and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven  days rather than
(B)and also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(C)also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than that of
(D)also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(E)also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than



2．Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding,the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.
(A)the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers
(B)penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers
(C)Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system by Quakers
(D)The penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers
(E)The penitentiary was suggested to be be a reform of the penal system by Quakers



3．Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterius is spread and why the disease it causes,listeriosis,afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others
(A)though it spares
(B)where it spares
(C)despite sparing
(D)when sparing
(E)while sparing

tongxun

1. the subject is the new airfare. thus, both choice A and B are wrong
C)travel to a minimum of seven days rather than that of
that of => can be deleted without influencing the whole meaning, making the sentence more concise.
(D)to a seven-day minimum from????

I choose(E)

2. Repelled =>Quakers

3. I choose E. because the purpose the writer wanted to express is comparing the differece between people who were infected by the disease and who were not infected by the same disease, although these people are in the same condition.