Rock samples taken from the remains of an asteroid about twice the size of the 6-mile-wide asteroid that eradicated the dinosaurs has been dated to be 3.47 billion years old and thus is evidence of the earliest known asteroid impact on Earth.
has been dated to be 3.47 billion years old and thus is
has been dated at 3.47 billion years old and thus
have been dated to be 3.47 billion years old and thus are
have been dated as being 3.47 billion years old and thus
have been dated at 3.47 billion years old and thus are
题目分析:
本题中我们可以发现平行制造者and,其所连接的内容需要在逻辑上和语形上均保持一致。
选项分析:
A选项:由于date的主语是复数(rock samples),所以应改为have been dated(and身后的be动词同理)。
另外,be dated to be是错误的,只能用be dated to或be dated at。看起来是在考查语法,实则不然,这背后是在考查考生的逻辑推理能力。将date换为主动语态则有:
X dated samples to be 3.47 billion years old.
借用不定式和名词的区别可知,我们需要根据谓语动词date的约束力来判断宾语的补足语是否应该用不定式的形式。显然地,样本是否是3.47bilion这么大年岁,和人类是否追溯这个样本约束关系(你是否勘查这个样本,人家样本都是那么大岁数。当然,如果是你蓄意的编造这个样本的年龄,那就是另外一个故事了)。因此,不能用不定式短语to be 3.47 billion years old。
B选项:并列连词and必须连接两个句子,后半句缺少谓语动词。
C选项:be dated to be错误同(A)。
D选项:and连接两者错误同(B)。
E选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
1) date….to 可追溯sth到...几年,强调发生的时间点,后面是ago
2) date….at 年代判定、鉴别/年份有….年之久,强调发生到现在经过的时间有多长,后面是old
date back: have its origin ——eg. burial sites dating back 5000 years
date from: to reckon from some point in time——eg.images date from the time of the Kushan empire
错选了C
注意只能用be dated to或be dated at,dated at X old; dated to X ago
be dated to be是错误的,只能用be dated to或be dated at
这里其实是因为前面已经有了have been,所以不能在后面再加be
S: Rock samples, 复数
V: has been dated ... and thus is ... , has和is与主语不一致
排除AB。
and后面要接句子,排除D
date at,E正确
1) date….to 可追溯sth到...几年,强调发生的时间点,后面是ago
2) date….at 年代判定、鉴别/年份有….年之久,强调发生到现在经过的时间有多长,后面是old
date back: have its origin ——eg. burial sites dating back 5000 years
date from: to reckon from some point in time——eg.images date from the time of the Kushan empire
1.主谓一致,AB错
2.idiom:CD错
Date的固定搭配:date to 后面是ago,且to后面直接接年代数字(不需要接be);date at 后面与old搭配
3.句子结构,and后面应该有are,ABD错。
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date to be 和 date at与逻辑没有半点关系,就是作为习语要记住!DATE AT是正确的习语 https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/forums/rock-samples-t7051.html
借用不定式和名词的区别可知,我们需要根据谓语动词date的约束力来判断宾语的补足语是否应该用不定式的形式。显然地,样本是否是3.47bilion这么大年岁,和人类是否追溯这个样本约束关系(你是否勘查这个样本,人家样本都是那么大岁数。当然,如果是你蓄意的编造这个样本的年龄,那就是另外一个故事了)。因此,不能用不定式短语to be 3.47 billion years old。
be dated to be是错误的,只能用be dated to或be dated at。
dated at X old; dated to X ago
只能用be dated to或be dated at。
be dated to be是错误的,只能用be dated to或be dated at。to约束关系较强,at只是展示事实。
B的后半部分缺少谓语,且考察了date的用法
date to be强调被动语态里的主语(考古学家)对石头年岁的约束力;date at只强调石头多少年岁
date back + 多少年(段时间)
e.g. date back 10 years
date back to + 多少年前/具体时间(点时间)
e.g. date back to 10 years ago or date back to 2009
date at + 段时间
e.g. date at 10 years old
date to + 点时间
e.g. date to 10 years ago or date to 2009
be dated to X ago; be dated at X old;
to做介词,通常表示方向,接数字时,表示达到某个数值点。如:the revenue has grew to 60 million,增长并且触及到6000万这个点。
X ago是一个时间点,类似于在x ago这个时间点,这个东西啪的一下就诞生了,用to;x old更倾向于是一个状态,用at
dated at X old; dated to X ago
dated samples to be 3.47 years old vs. samples was dated at 3.47 years old
划线部分的主语是rock samples, 而不是dinosaurs!!!!