2010年01月14日
Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.
The first 10,000 United States patents, known to be the X-patents, were burned in a fire in 1836.
A. to be
B. to have been
C. as
D. as they were
E. as being
正確答案: C
解析:
Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the idiomatic “known as” instead of the awkward and unidiomatic “known to be.”
Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.
The first 10,000 United States patents, known to be the X-patents, were burned in a fire in 1836.
A. to be
B. to have been
C. as
D. as they were
E. as being
正確答案: C
解析:
Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the idiomatic “known as” instead of the awkward and unidiomatic “known to be.”