C. 由于as a result不是连词,所以其造成了sell句和fear句之间没有连词。they指代不清
D. A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half of its gold reserves, with fears
Here, with fears seems to modify sell -- the nearest preceding action -- implying that the country will use FEARS to sell its gold reserves.
The intended meaning is that fears will RESULT from the sale of the gold reserves.
E. raising fears that other countries是伴随状语,raise的逻辑主语是其修饰的句子的主语the country (就近修饰)
Since 1980, productivity improvements in manufacturing have moved the United States from a position of acute decline in manufacturing to one of world prominence. Manufacturing,
从句意来看,DE没有used一词是不合理的,C选项除掉定语强调的是Employing the same techniques,researchers have been able to increase xxx
DE选项是:(这里的to不能省略,造成了句意上转基因植物和potatoes是一类的感觉)Employing the same techniques to genetically enhance plants,researchers have been able to increase xxx
从语法来看,E选项的that跳跃修饰容易引起歧义,D选项有主谓一致问题。
总结,做题目抓语义要从宏观角度,不要抓住C的细节,像到底是不是so that表目的的语义。
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