[問題]考古題Form15-Q23

[dramaqueen]

Laws prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors and proscribing smoking in theater and other public places were enacted as early as the 1890’s the primary concern of the latter regulations, however were not considerations of health but instead they were for fire prevention.

A) were not considerations of health but instead they were for
B) were not considerations of health but were instead
C) was not considerations of health but instead for
D) was not considerations of health rather it was for
E) was not considerations of health but rather of

ANS:E

我想
這裡要用單數，所以A和B不對
C ->應該變成 instead it was for
D ->語意有點怪，因為用rather
只剩E了
請教更仔細的解答好釐清思路

謝謝

[acharlie]

Laws prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors and proscribing smoking in theater and other public places were enacted as early as the 1890’s the primary concern of the latter regulations, however were not considerations of health but instead they were for fire prevention.

A) were not considerations of health but instead they were for
B) were not considerations of health but were instead
C) was not considerations of health but instead for
D) was not considerations of health rather it was for
E) was not considerations of health but rather of

ANS:E

我想
這裡要用單數，所以A和B不對
C ->應該變成 instead it was for
D ->語意有點怪，因為用rather
只剩E了
請教更仔細的解答好釐清思路

謝謝

A.B兩個選項 主動詞不一致
考慣用法not x but (rather) y x和y兩者要平衡對稱
答案E中, 省略了considerations 所以才會看起來平衡的很奇怪
C跟D兩個答案都非慣用法
C有but istead 這種用法
D rather要有than 且該答案中少了but 缺少了相反之意
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[dramaqueen]

在CD看到說not...but rather通常是在一起用的
如果是這樣
就真的只剩下E

[sweetymanman]

not A but B
not A but rather B
AB要平行

另外請教為什麼要用單數呢???

[hibettychen]

not A but B
not A but rather B
AB要平行

另外請教為什麼要用單數呢???

這題是用";"分隔出兩個子句，從分號後面開始是由the primary concern of.....擔任主詞，因此必須使用單數動詞囉.~

[kaori110]

想請問一下
(E)was not considerations of health, but rather of

not A but rather B
不是要平行嗎

(E) was not considerations (名詞) of health, but rather (這裡不是應該有名詞嗎?或用 those代替considerations嗎?) of....

[yhlin]

(E) was not considerations of health, but rather (considerations) of...
括號裡面省略