2010年03月03日
考試類型：Writing > Improving Sentences
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.
Nearly one-sixth of all the human beings on Earth live in India, it has the world’s most populous democracy
A. India, it has the
B. India, the
C. India, having the
D. India; the
E. India; and are the
正確答案: B
解析:
Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the comma-splice error of the original by removing the unnecessary words “it has” so that “India” is properly modified by what follows the comma (“the world’s most populous democracy”).
考試類型：Writing > Improving Sentences
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.
Nearly one-sixth of all the human beings on Earth live in India, it has the world’s most populous democracy
A. India, it has the
B. India, the
C. India, having the
D. India; the
E. India; and are the
正確答案: B
解析:
Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the comma-splice error of the original by removing the unnecessary words “it has” so that “India” is properly modified by what follows the comma (“the world’s most populous democracy”).