考古題Form25-22

[kaijen]

Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada's thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany's fifteen percent.

(A)Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college, compared with Canada's thirty-five percent and Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany's fifteen percent

(B)Fifty-two percent of United States high school graduates go on to college; in Canada it is thirty-five percent, and in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany it is fifteen percent.

(C)In the United States, fifty-two percent of high school graduates go on to college, compared with thirty-five percent in Canada and fifteen percent in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany.

(D)The percentage of high school graduates in the United States who go on to college is fifty-two, compared with Canada's thirty-five, Great Britain's fifteen, Japan's fifteen, and West Germany's fifteen.

(E)The percentage of United States high school graduates going on to college is fifty-two; that in Canada is thirty-five, and that in Great Britain, Japan, and West Germany is fifteen.

Ans: (C)

美 52%
加 35%
英+日+西德= 15%
請問原題句意是這樣嗎?

正確答案(C)是否有比較不同類的問題
亦即拿college和35%相比??

除了(D)扭曲原意外 (A)(B)(E)哪裡錯了??
謝謝

[keane0727]

認為是英、日、西德各15%

ETS 常用compared to, as compared to作跳躍修飾，前面講到ratio, compared後也是ratio就行了

B和E都代名詞的錯誤，代名詞之能特指不能泛指 因此it, that指代Fifty-two percent都是錯的

[kaijen]

不好意思 那再請問一下
(A)(D)是錯在 " 國家's " 的原因嗎??

又若compared可以跳躍修飾
Compared with A+介係詞+B, C + Verb.......
即使C與B比較不同類 C只要與A同類 這個句子仍然是可以接受的 是嗎??
thanks

[keane0727]

country's, nation's, city's 這類雖表面為沒有生命，意思是一個有生命的群體時還是常用所有格, ETS也常用
我不覺得有錯，但是Germany's fifteen percent 聽起的很奇怪，我是將它看成邏輯的錯誤

Compared with A+介係詞+B, C + Verb....... 　
compared放句首時就同分詞構句(participial phrase)，後面的主詞C就一定要是被比較的物，當然要比較同類
A of/in B的核心字應該是在A吧