模考中觉得SC不能确定的一题

twinhead

The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator,and a governor that had been traveling to Washington,DC.together on the Liberty Express in 1907.
A
B The first political passengers on modern railroad cars were a president, a senator, and a governor, who traveled
E A president, a senator, and a governor were the first political passengers on modern railroad cars traveling.

A?orE?
哪个更优?区别在哪里?是句子重心问题么?谢谢.

andrewcan

I feel that E is better than A, if there are no other choices.

Liberty Express is also something a railroad.

the reason that E looks better is A looks like:

"The passenger on road A were John that had been traveling to DC, together on road B."

Besides,"had been traveling" seems not fit here.

[此贴子已经被作者于2002-9-23 16:34:44编辑过]

kingmice

如果只有A，E选择E，当然E中的TRAVELLING修饰对象也有问题。而且FIRST的位置改变了，不符合公理，A中的HAD BEEN TRAVELLING不对，其实B应该是正确答案

raymondmba

B is better than A and E.

twinhead

I miss the B in my question and sorry for misleading.
However, the answer PR provided is just B.
Thx all discusses and go on pl.

kingmice

you are welcome

wf_t

a an E both have some errors as follows:
a) verb tense is wrong; that modifies someone
e) what "travelling" is disigned to nmodify? if it is used to modify cars, the meaning is definitely distorted. if it is to modify those guys, a "," should be added.（作为伴随状语）

twinhead

那是不是E在car后面加,就对;B在who前面去掉,就错呢?