[問題]考古Form28-Q6

由 **jhchiou** » 2005-03-24 14:08

Q6: More than thirty years ago, Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner , reported that genes can"jump," as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.

(B)like pearls moving myteriously from one necklace to another
(C)as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
(D)like pearls do thatmove mysteriously from one necklace to others
(E)as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one

Ans: (B)

I was choosing between (B) & (C) but I chose the wrong answer (C). Could you please help to explain me what is wrong with (C) and how to use another, the others and others?

Thank you!!!

網站 · 由 **agk99** » 2005-03-24 15:50

這就是OG126

Choice B, the best answer, correctly and idiomatically uses the preposition like to introduce a comparison that is expressed, in a prepositional phrase. In A, as is used unidiomatically; in comparison, as is properly employed as a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause. Choices C, D, and E are all faulty because the verb do suggests that the migrating pearls are presented as a real phenomenon, not as a figurative illustration. Also, in D, like is used ungrammatically to introduce a subordinate clause (pearls do...); and in E, the phrase some other one, substituted for another, is awkward and wordy.

FYI