1. In most social systems, minority groups eventually demand from the people in the power that they have the right to practice their particular religion without restriction.
B. that the people in power give them the right of practicing
C. to have the right, from the one’s in power, to practice.
D. the right, from those in power, of practicing
E. from those in power the right to practice
[the answer is E]
2. Renowed for both his wealth and his eccentricity, industrialist Howard Hughes left behind a series of wills and codicils of staggering complexity, one that took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out.
B. both teams of lawyer and squabbling beneficiaries sorted out over years.
C. took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort out.
D. teams o lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries each sorted out over years.
E. teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries each years to sort it out
[the answer is C]
3. A succession of writing blocks, periods of endless revision and long vocations have distinguished the life and working of Margaret Achindler, an early-eighteen-century writer.
B. have distinguished the living and working
C. have distinguished the living and work
D. has distinguished the life and working
E. has distinguished the life and work
[the answer is E, but my answer is B. Why should the subjective is single?]
4. Necessary to any investigation of the causes of a newly-discovered disease are strictly followed scientific mechdologies and scrupulously recorded data.
B. It is necessary in making any investigation into
C. When making any investigation, it is a necessity of
D. A necessity of any investigation into
E. A necessary part of investigating into
1: (have) the right to do something is the most idiomatic? if so, of practicing can be discarded?
4: b,c are not right.
if d or e, the verb can't be sigular since a necessity or a necessary part should be the subject. If A, the verb should also agree with the latter part (in this case, it's the subject) since we can't tell it's singular or plural from the adj. phrase. Not sure, though.
2.sth take sb sometime to do 或者可用it takes sb sometime to do sth,本句是前者。
3.表达“生活与工作”固定结构life and work
4.necessity表示必要性，不能用a necessity,应用the或省the
因为此句的谓语是are,所以B是不对的。
[U]Necessary to any investigation of the causes of a newly-discovered disease [/U]（倒装，表语）are [U]strictly followed [/U]（做mechdologies 和data的定语）scientific mechdologies and scrupulously recorded data
1.前面已经解释了，不再重复。
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1.应是 E=demand, from those in power, the right to practice
4.倒装 Scientific methodologies and…are necessary to any investigation of the causes of a newly-discovered disease
1. In most social systems, minority groups eventually demand (from the people in the power that they have the right to practice) their particular religion without restriction.
B. that the people in power give them the right of practicing
C. to have the right, from the one’s in power, to practice.
D. the right, from those in power, of practicing
E. from those in power the right to practice
[the answer is E]
2. Renowed for both his wealth and his eccentricity, industrialist Howard Hughes left behind a series of wills and codicils of staggering complexity, one that took teams of (lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort it out).
B. both teams of lawyer and squabbling beneficiaries sorted out over years.
C. took teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries years to sort out.
D. teams o lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries each sorted out over years.
E. teams of lawyers and squabbling beneficiaries each years to sort it out
[the answer is C]
3. A succession of writing blocks, periods of endless revision and long vocations (have distinguished the life and working) of Margaret Achindler, an early-eighteen-century writer.
B. have distinguished the living and working
C. have distinguished the living and work
D. has distinguished the life and working
E. has distinguished the life and work
[the answer is E, but my answer is B. Why should the subjective is single?]
4 (Necessary to any investigation of) the causes of a newly-discovered disease are strictly followed scientific mechdologies and scrupulously recorded data.
B. It is necessary in making any investigation into
C. When making any investigation, it is a necessity of
D. A necessity of any investigation into
E. A necessary part of investigating into
