b选项,thus being cited有问题
A选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。to have recorded中的have表示先时性,不表示完成时,即,record这一事件发生在said这一事件之前。这里改为to record也没有问题。添加have只是突出先发生,并非必须添加。
其次,不能用不定式短语来修饰名词system,应改为定语从句。这点考查了“不定式和从句的区别”。用之于本题,主句“骨页给恐龙提供系统”的发生不会直接影响“系统允许恐龙移动”这个件事的发生。这是因为,无论骨头是否能提供“solar heating and cooling system”,这个系统本身都可以让恐龙舒服的移动。
填入的to be后,该定语从句不再是嵌入式关系分句,就算该从句可以跳跃修饰名词statements,代入先行词则有:
they may not think statements to be true.
复合宾语statements to be true需改为宾语从句。这点考查了不定式和从句的区别。由于think是看法类动词且属于主动语态,所以约束力较弱,应该用宾语从句。
A选项:look up和see这两个动作应是几乎同时发生的,所以两者应用相同的时态来表达,即,have looked up和have seen平行。
另外,句末定语从句whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline可以跳跃修饰先行词monkeys。但是,这里的定语从句应改为独立主格with arms and legs hanging like socks on a clothesline。
As you can see, the entities in the list are a bit longer than usual. Moreover, the first entity has another list embedded in it (mud or clay). So a comma is put before the “and” for a breathing pause.
So the comma before "and" is only to help us in identifying the main list.
Note that the presence of a “comma + and” in a sentence doesn’t necessarily indicate that two or more Independent Clauses are connected. (The above sentence, for instance)
In the past several years, there has been no sharp increase in the demand for cotton and for goods made out of cotton.
过去情况与现在和将来无关