That twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavating of a 1,000-year-old Hohokam village in Tempe, Arizona, has nearly doubled the number of these artifacts known to exist.
That twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavating
Twenty-one ceramic dog figurines discovered at the excavation
Discovering twenty-one ceramic dog figurines at the excavating
Ceramic dog figurines, twenty-one of which were discovered during excavating
The discovery of twenty-one ceramic dog figurines during the excavation
题目分析:
略。
选项分析:
A选项:That twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered是主语从句,其应该改为名词短语The discovery of twenty-one ceramic dog figurines,这点考查了名词和从句的区别。用之于本题,显然地,在逻辑上能发出“两倍了我们已知的工艺品的数量”的只能是“发现”这个事件,我们只能说在“发现21个工艺品”这个事件发生的时候,它两倍了工艺品的数量,这个时间之后,任何时候我们都不能这么说(例如,在一年后,可能已经发现了很多个类似的工艺品,这个发现自然就不能2倍工艺品的数量了)。一个事件必然是有时间终止点的,因此应该用名词短语。
同理,excavating需改为名词excavation,这点考查了名词和ing的区别。用之于本题,由于excavate这个动作发生在during这个介词短语中,显然excavate在本句中不能脱离自己发生的时间(during本来就表示主句的发生时间在excavate这个动作的发生时间段内),因此,during身后只能用名词短语。
B选项:按照本选项所写,谓语动词has nearly doubled的主语的核心词变为Twenty-one ceramic dog figurines。但在逻辑上,发出两倍这个动作的只能是“发现”这个事件,不能是figurines本身。
C选项:本选项错误在原理上和选项(A)相同。
D选项:本选项错误同选项(B)。
E选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
A,主干是were discovered,是个动作;E,主干是The discovery,是个结果。是发现这个结果,这件已完成的事情使数量翻倍了,而不是过程,discovery优于 were discovered。
ing和动名词的差异:过程和结果;结束和未知是否结束;ing通常表示主句主语是动作主语,动名词则没有这个意义。
如:I want to learn about adopting a dog,表示我想去收养一只狗;I want to learn about the adoption of a dog,不表示是我要去收养一只狗,可能是我去研究其他人如何收养狗这件事情。所以如果动作发起的主体不知道的话,优先用动名词。
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