The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month.
world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month
world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival's month
world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month
world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival
题目分析:
本题会涉及方式状语和原因状语的区别,以及一些小词的干扰。值得注意的是,很多材料中对于本题某些选项的解释是不对的,不能推广的。
选项分析:
A选项:of型所有格和-‘s型所有格的区别主要在于物主是人还是物。英语语法规定,只有当物主是人或者动物等“活体”时,才能用-’s型所有格,其余只能用of型,例如:
(1) legs of the table
(2) **table’s legs
(2)的用法是不正确的。在本选项中,festival显然不是一个“活体”,应该用of型所有格,而不是’s型。
B选项: ‘s型所有格错误同(A)。
C选项: 代词they正确指代了states of the Greek world,这一点没有问题,但是两个小句间的连词用的不正确,应该用because而不是when。这是因为,两句之间在逻辑上是因果关系而不仅仅是时间的关系。
D选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均没有问题。
E选项:定语从句that was for the month of the festival就近修饰名词a truce(停战协议)。但这在逻辑上是不对的。a truce was for the month of the festival的意思是:一个停战协议是为期奥林匹克开幕的那个月的。was for身后加时间时,意思是“为期”,身后只能加非特殊的时期,例如:
The post was for one year in the first instance.(这个职位是为期一年的)
该例句不能写为:
**The post was for 1997.
这是因为,职位只能为期一段时期,不能为期某个特定的年份(不能说,职位为期1997年)。
因此,本选项中,只能说:
a truce was for a month. (停战协议是为期一个月的)
不能说,停战协议为期奥林匹克开幕的月份。
The phrase “festival’s month” is not idiomatic. It gives the meaning that the festival possesses the month. When referring to an inanimate object, we must avoid possessive. This expression should be “the month of the festival”.
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