Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require.
rather than burning calories to generate it
rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories
and not from generating it by burning calories
instead of by burning calories for generating it
instead of body heat generated by burning calories
题目分析:
本题比较简单,考查了基本的语法平行。本题中需要两者取一(rather than)的应该是“直接从太阳那里获得热”和“燃烧卡路里以产生热”。两者应该在语法形式上保持平行,可以排除(B)(C)(E)。
选项(A)和选项(D)的迷惑性相对较高。介词短语 for generating it需改为不定式短语to generate it。这点考查了不定式和ing的区别。用之于本题,由于变化部分是burn的宾语的补足语,所以应根据其主句谓语动词burn来判断。在逻辑上,“燃烧卡路里”显然可以控制“生产热”这个行为的发生与否,即,本题中的burn的控制力较强,宾补中应该用不定式短语。
答案为(A)。
选项分析:
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请问这里rather than和instead of用法有区别吗
rather than和instead of意思相近,一般情况下可以互换。
举个栗子:Yesterday he walked here instead of driving here./ Yesterday he walked here rather than drove (与walked一致) here.
不过,instead of 是介词短语,后面应加名词(短语),代词,宾语从句(用动名词形式,即Ving)等;而rather than 是个连词,前后成分在形式上必须保持一致。
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