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Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he predicted in the mid-1890's that electricity generated at Niagara would one day power the streetcars of London and the streetlights of Paris.
(A) Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he
(B) The prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power was exciting to Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, and so he
(C) Excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current,
(D) Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for the production of electric power and
(E) The inventor of alternating current, excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing of electric power, Nikola Tesla
句意
NT, 交流电的发明人,因为他对大瀑布发电的前景很激动,他在1890年代中期预测大瀑布发的电有一天可以给伦敦的街车和巴黎的街灯供电。
考点主语重复,主从句关系
排除过程1. 主语重复:原句出现了人名,在一堆插入修饰之后又出现了he, 这是一个主语重复的错误,A直接杀。同样的主语重复的错误在E里面也出现了,E也可以杀掉了。D选项里面excited和predicted并列做NT的谓语动词,而excited这里是过去分词表被动,不能直接给NT做谓语动词,这是一个主谓搭配语法错误。
2. 主从句关系:原句我们读出来的句意,因为NT很激动,所以他预测。激动和预测之间是否存在因果关系呢?这其实是考察我们脑子好不好,而不是语法好不好的题目了。我们怎么知道这个因果关系是它的考察意图呢?因为剩下来的两个选项,在激动和预测这两个事情之间的关系呈现上,出现了差异。B选项用and so带出了因果关系,C选项直接抛弃因果处理成伴随修饰,这两件事情其实是没有因果关系的,选C.
有人说B有问题, and so看见必杀,根本不用考虑逻辑关系的问题。And so 确实语义逻辑是有问题的,并且所以,并且是并列,所以是因果,并列因果是个什么关系呢?但是这道题目比较简单,每个选项都有硬伤,升库之后的语法题,这些硬伤会消失,用两个语法全部正确的选项,考察你这个因果关系究竟成立不成立。所以我们现在就开始思考主从句之间的关系,对升库题是有意义的。
这种句子很长的题目,划线部分划在主从句交界的地方,主句基本全部留在了划线部分之外,提醒我们注意主从句之间的逻辑关系,这种逻辑关系,未必以原句给出的为准,还是要看句意,在五个选项中做出最好的选择。
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