[問題]GWD26-20

[dibert8]

A中：they不好，因為"they"是代替1981年的小孩，但是實際上不可能是”同一批”的小孩
by 1997 ”they” had spent nearly six hours a week
by 1997 ”children" had spent nearly six hours a week

說的也是.

[dibert8]

from CD,從以下網址可以看到出處,和B幾乎差不多,也是用過去完成式
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... i_53365392

句子在這兒:
In 1981 the study reported that children spent an average of slightly less than two and a half hours a week doing household chores. By 1997, the year the field research was conducted, that figure had grown to nearly six hours a week.

從同一個網頁:
According to the study, children spent an average of 12 hours, 5 minutes a week watching television last year, compared with 15 hours, 12 minutes in 1981.
這樣看來 (D) 的 'a figure of' 是多餘的囉!

[dibert8]

似乎有考修飾語位置.
in 1997 放句尾有修飾歧異
(C) {six hours a week were spent} in 1997 (修飾全句) vs six hours a week were {spent in 1997} (修飾動詞)
(D) {compared with nearly six hours a week} in 1997 (在 1997年做的比較) vs compared with {nearly six hours a week in 1997} (在 1997 的近 6hr/w) => 扭曲句意
(E) {that figure growing to nearly six hours a week} in 1997 (在 1997 數字成長到近 6hr/w) vs that figure growing to nearly {six hours a week in 1997} (數字成長到在 1997 的近 6hr/w => 扭曲句意)