[討論]GWD 8-24

[reohuang]

Q24:

A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for any country to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country’s foreign-born populationwas from Germany.

A. the largest share for any country to contribute
B. the largest share that any country has contributed
C. which makes it the largest share for any country to contribute
D. having the largest share to be contributed by any country
E. having the largest share to have been contributed by any country

答案是B
CDE選項應可順利排除
請教各位B中的時態是否正確
以及A的錯誤原因...thanks

[micht]

時太正確阿... since 1890

[Calvin]

正確句意應該是：" the largest share...... " 是一個插入句，後接一個形容詞子句補充說明這個share

因此 A is wrong, 句意被改變了，因為to 表目的, for 也不對

B是正確的，the largest share that any country has contributed since 1980

完全符合原句要表達的原意： 自1980年以來，任一國家所貢獻的最大分配（亂翻的，莫怪）

contirbute是 that any country .......since 1980, 這個形容詞子句的動詞，自應根據since而改完成式

報告完畢！

[davidlee0222]

完全同意Calvin牛人

畫線部份是個同位語
要講最大的share
B就是講這個share
that候補述是蛇麼share
有since時態也正確

A會變成叫他們去"生出"那麼大的share
而且會變成是最大限額不能再大了
改變句意

[cocaine]

不過我還是覺得句意怪怪說...

後面說大約30%外國出生人口來自德國.可是前面又說從1890後,印度是最大的比例(也才25%)....
請各位幫我解惑一下吧..

[Calvin]

非也非也

when....子句修飾1890，說明1890是德國人口佔美國外來人口數最多的最後一年，從1890開始就換阿墨人當道了

而且more than a quarter....超過25%喔…沒說剛好只有25%吧

FYI