2010年03月06日
考試類型：Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
More than 10,000 earthen mounds, built by
A B
prehistoric Native Americans for ceremonial
C
purposes, they have found in Minnesota. No error
D E
A. obscured
B. contradictory
C. interrelated
D. enclosed
E. permeated
正確答案: D
解析:
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an unnecessary pronoun and an inappropriate verb form. There is nothing in the sentence to which “they” can logically refer. In addition, the sentence needs a main verb (“have been found”) for its subject (“earthen mounds”).
考試類型：Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
More than 10,000 earthen mounds, built by
A B
prehistoric Native Americans for ceremonial
C
purposes, they have found in Minnesota. No error
D E
A. obscured
B. contradictory
C. interrelated
D. enclosed
E. permeated
正確答案: D
解析:
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an unnecessary pronoun and an inappropriate verb form. There is nothing in the sentence to which “they” can logically refer. In addition, the sentence needs a main verb (“have been found”) for its subject (“earthen mounds”).