[討論]大全天山新題 Q7 (without 修飾誤置)

[Grace]

7. The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequalled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.

(A) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania affords the visitor with unequalled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.
(B) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania permits the visitor unequalled opportunities to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.
(C) The Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania gives the visitor the unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without telephoto lenses.
(D) The visitor to the Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania has the unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees without the aid of telephoto lenses.
(E) Even without the aid of telephoto lenses, the visitor to Tanzania’s Lake Manyara Park has an unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees.

Ans: E

我覺的這一題是個很典型考修飾語誤置造成語意岐異的題目.. 大家練練看
:P

[Grace]

256. The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder’s nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.


這題OG也是~大家參考.. 8-|

[Pufa]

第一題的ABCD，without會被認為是修飾playing。
第二題則是很有名的笑話：火山爆發在two latters裡。
這種題目每次看到都覺得很好笑，
大概是ETS怕我們念得太枯燥才說的冷笑話吧。 :P

謝謝Grace前輩的提醒 (Y)

[Grace]

You are right...Sometime, when analysing the sentence reading between the lines, you may find it interesting in the literal meaning. Hope everyone enjoys it. ;)

[QQcandy]

well...I wish I would enjoy among them. ;)

[Ethan]

256題目出的不佳。
許多ESL老師並不認為in two lettes會有MM.