Among the Tsonga, a Bantu-speaking group of tribes in southeastern Africa, dance teams represent their own chief at the court of each other, providing entertainment in return for food, drink, and lodging.


the court of each other, providing entertainment in return for

the court of another and provide entertainment in return for

the court of the other, so as to provide entertainment as a return on

each other’s court, entertainment being provided in return for

another’s court and provide entertainment as a return on

考题讲解

题目分析:
本题的主干意思是:跳舞组代表自己的首长在另外一个首长处表演以换取食物等东西。

选项分析:

A选项:each other需改为another。如果用each other,则本选项的意思好像在说,跳舞组在互相地来代表首长,即,each other指代dance teams(只有复数名词才能说each other)。但显然地,at the court of的接受者应该是另外一个chief。
另外,分词短语providing entertainment是represent的伴随状语,其需改为和represent的并列句。这是因为,“代表首长”和“提供娱乐”是两个方面的事情,之间没有因果关系。

B选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。

C选项:不定式短语so as to provide entertainment是状语,这个状语也需被改为并列句。我们不能说,跳舞组是为了提供娱乐而代表首长的,只能说,跳舞组干了两件事,一个是代表了首长,另一个是提供了娱乐。

D选项:划线部分最后的entertainment being provided in return for是独立主格结构,该部分是被动语态,没有指明是谁在发出provide这一动作。在逻辑上,我们需要保证represent和provide的主语均是dance teams,才能让这两个事件产生关系,因此,provide的主语必须是dance teams。

E选项:名词a return on通常描述的是“投资回报”,而不是“换取什么”,因此,as a return on需改为in return for。

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