作者pentimento (pentimento)
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標題Re: [語文] GWD-1-16
時間Tue Dec 1 09:13:59 2009
※ 引述《tootoobenee (A級垂耳兔)》之銘言:
: ※ 引述《glendy (glendy)》之銘言:
: : 第16題
: : Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending
: : in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it
: : ----------------------------
: : was in any previous election.
: : ---
: : 答案是B:
: : a greater proportion than
: : 但我選C:
: : a greater proportion than they have been
: : 是否they have been是多餘的字眼?或有其他原因?
: 這題是走同位語的獨立主格結構, 還原句為
: a proportion (that was) greater that it was in any previous election
: a proportion是以同位語方式修飾half of the spending
: 省略後因為be動詞that was的was消失了,所以後面than的主詞及be動詞也跟著省略
: 這樣比較結構才會平衡
: 一點淺見...
【原題照引】第16題
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending
in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it
----------------------------
was in any previous election.
---
答案是B:a greater proportion than
【解法】
一、這題的語意乃「此比例 (more than half) 比原本之前的任何一次選舉的比
例都高」。所以這句話在完整情況下可以寫成:
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending
in the presidential campaign of 1992, which is a greater
proportion than it was in any previous election.
二、1992 之後的 which is 可以省略,而使得 a greater... 成為同位語。這
應該不用解釋吧!
三、根據文法規定, than 之後的省略情況有一條規則:
「若主要子句與從屬子句的時態不同時,不能省略動詞(或助動詞),但若
有『表示時間的字』時,就可以省略。」
例如:
It is warmer today than (it was) yesterday.
故原題中 than 之後的部分,因為有表時間的字 (in any previous
election),故可以將 it was 省略。
四、如此便得到原題答案 (B) 的
a greater proportion than in any previous election.
供參考
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推 glendy:受教了! 時間因素很久以前有讀過,謝謝提醒! 12/01 10:54
推 maymaykey:一點個人淺見~ 這題應該是兔大的同位語解釋沒錯~ 12/01 21:38
→ maymaykey:,which 指代對象不明確 主詞應該是要指代COSTS吧~ 12/01 21:39
→ maymaykey:但是你用,which 無法跳過動詞指代前面的COSTS 12/01 21:40
→ maymaykey:個人淺見~~希望說錯能多多指教才有進步~~謝謝!!! 12/01 21:41
→ maymaykey:對了~~而且這題是脫節結構~,後面應該要直接加主詞要不然 12/01 21:43
→ maymaykey:讀者會混淆~不知道題目的主詞到底是誰!!! 12/01 21:43
→ maymaykey:說錯請指正一下感恩~!!! 12/01 21:45
推 dukechiang:同意樓上解釋 還有一點it was姐是有漏洞 若如上述解釋 12/01 22:27
→ dukechiang:it was可以省略 那A基本上也沒錯 邏輯上就有問題 基本 12/01 22:28
→ dukechiang:上it在這應該指代有誤吧 以前的比例與現在的比例作比較 12/01 22:31
→ pentimento:回m大,這裡which 是指 (more than half),不指 cost, 12/01 23:56
→ pentimento:另外,which 只有跳過介片,沒有跳過動詞。而根據T大 12/01 23:58
→ pentimento:的解法,出來的字序是 a proportion greater,而非 12/01 23:58
→ pentimento:答案的 a greater proportion,請參考。 12/01 23:59
→ pentimento:回d大,你講的it有道理,這我也想過,應該是用 that, 12/02 00:01
→ pentimento:我原來po文想偷懶,不去說明這段。既然被指出,就只能 12/02 00:03
→ pentimento:就教各方高人,請問如何解釋? 12/02 00:28