New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model year included a safer air bag, which, unlike previous air bags, eliminated the possibility that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag inflated, and making an already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.


inflated, and making

inflated, so that it could make

inflated and made

inflated and make

inflated to make

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题目分析:

略。


选项分析:

选项A:
and是连词,身后应该连接一个句子。有些情况下, 由于省略的原则,可能会导致and身后直接出现了动宾结构,介词短语,从句,分词短语不定式等等(参考功能平行)。在这种情况下,and身前必然也会出现在功能上一样的成分。本选项在and身前没有出现任何分词短语,因此and前没有平行对象。

选项B:so that是“如此…以至于”的意思,引导了一个结果状语从句。根据状语从句的就近修饰原则,其有可能修饰的句子为the bag inflated。这在逻辑上是不对的,因为,真正让乘客以为车着火了的应该是烟出来了,而不是安全气囊充气。

选项C:made是动词make的过去时,此时不能和appear平行,这是因为appear前具有情态动词would,若与其平行应该同用原型make,此处made只能和eliminated平行,即,其主语a safer air bag被省略。但是,在逻辑上,让乘客认为车着火的,肯定是一股烟(a burst of smoke),而不可能是安全气囊。

选项D:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。make和appear平行。

选项E:不定式to make此处the bag inflated是目的状语(状语要就近修饰一个句子,inflate是to make最近的句子),意思为:为了让乘客认为车着火,气囊会充气。这显然不合逻辑。

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