OG013

[vivid]

13. State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the operations of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers and recreational facilities.
(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force
(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for
(C) rates for liability insurance are forcing
(D) rises in liability insurance rates are forcing
(E) liability insurance rates have risen to force



ans:c

不過我想問B)rates of liability insurance are a force for
are a force有沒有錯
因為是rates(複n)+be V+a force(單n)
以前老師說過看到beV就畫個=
這樣不就是: 複n=單n

[Pufa]

我覺得這題OG的解釋還蠻不錯的壓。
你要不要把解釋post上來，然後大家討論一下呢？

[vivid]

Also in B, are a force for does not accurately convey the meaning that the soaring rates are actually forcing cutbacks in the present.

是這句嗎
其實我不太了解他的意思勒

同樣的問題也出現在大全15題(要開新帖嗎?)
A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who mob cars at the stoplights.
以上是正確的句子

A new phenomenon.... is waves of......
這裡也是 單n beV 複n 阿

請大家救救我吧

[Pufa]

are a force for cutback
在文法上沒錯，可是這個名詞結構在意思表現上就沒有動詞結構『are forcing』來的直接。

[fiona]

複數N+ are + 單數N
第二個名詞可解釋為''一種''
比如這些rates是一種力量
不一定要複數對複數
這樣解釋不知道有沒有問題

[vivid]

總之這就是一種抽象的感覺
不一定要複數對複數
這樣對吧?!

謝謝大家的回答

[Pufa]

恩，不一定要複數對複數，
可以把一群東西看成一個整體。

[dibert8]

依詞意 rates <> a force; a phenomena = waves of vendors and beggars

[dibert8]

用削去法: (A) (E) 時態錯 (完成式 have 沒有時間參考點, 如 since ... ), (D) risen (v) -> rises (n) 刪去 (改變句意) => 剩下 (B) (C) 比較長短 => (C)
歡迎大家來討論這樣的解法.

[星動小流氓]

剛才在白勇的文法書中看到這題
b選項: 把原句的動詞force(強迫)改為名詞 a force(力量)
所以c 才是正確的, 沒有改變句意之嫌