Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.
requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
题目分析:
本题考生需要看出划线部分身前的their compliance with laws是一个句子的名物化结果,原句为:
They comply with laws requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets
选项分析:
A选项:saying身后的宾语从句that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles的主语的核心词是compliance,是一个单数名词,所以该宾语从句的谓语动词也应该是一个单数名词,即,protects。因此,本选项犯了主谓一致的错误。
B选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
C选项:主谓一致错误同(A)。
D选项:不定式短语to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets应改为现在分词短语requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets,这点考查了“不定式和ing的区别”,用之于本题,主句“遵纪守法”对“法律规定”的发生与否没有任何影响(你遵守还是不遵守法律,对法律本身规定了什么没有影响),因此只能用ing短语做定语修饰laws;主谓一致错误同(A)。请注意,这里的compliance with laws是comply with laws的名词化形式,所以由于不定式短语to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets是laws的定语,所以它的主句是comply(compliance)。
E选项:不定式短语错误同(D)。
Tip: “Laws to require” indicates purpose of the law, but “laws requiring indicates
contents of the law. While this might sound very obvious to natives, but non natives
might have to struggle to get this clearly. Consider the following examples.
1.Arms act is passed to discourage random public shootings. Correct
2.Arms act is passed to levy heavy fines on people who carry unlicensed
firearm. Wrong.
2 is wrong because the arms act is not issued to levy fines. It is issued to prevent
something by levying fines. So the correct option is B.
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