由 dibert8 » 2007-08-28 03:56
OG10 有一類似題
187. In one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, four times as many Americans were killed as would later be killed on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day.
(A) Americans were killed as
(B) Americans were killed than
(C) Americans were killed than those who
(D) more Americans were killed as there
(E) more Americans were killed as those who
Ans. A
句子只有主詞 (Americans) 可以比較,所以省略.
GWD7-Q4 句子有主詞 (people), 受詞 (shark)
從 (A) 來看,原句更正之後想表達的是 movies—fewer than those ; those = the ones ,這樣可能要選 (E).
但是 (E) movies, fewer than the ones {(who are) killed...} 句意只到 the ones 然後沒了(後面過去分詞片語的作用為 the ones 的形容詞).
所以 the ones 有可能和 shark 比較: Only seven people ... have been killed by {the great white shark, fewer than the ones.} 顯然句意不合理.
再次驗證跟主詞比較,動詞是不能省略的.所非劃線部份的 killed 應該是動詞,不是分詞.
另外, those 寫成 the ones 不簡潔.
(B) 應該是較佳選項.
這個句子,實在應該這麼寫: Only seven people ... have been killed by the great white shark, fewer than (those) have (been killed) by bee stings.
循 OG10-Q187, 當 those 所代的名詞本身就泛指非特定對象時 (e.g. Americans, people) 應該省略.