考古 form22 #24

[Jackson0317]

24) One analyst of the liquor industry estimated that this year a few liquor stores have experienced declining sales of up to fifty percent but predicted tha tthe industry as a whole will maintain a volume fairly close to last year

a) declining sales of up to fifty percent but predicted tha tthe industry as a whole will maintain a volume fairly close to last year
b) declines in sales of up to fifty percent but predicted that the industry as a whole would have maintained a volume of sales fairly close to last year
c) up to fifty percent in declining sales but predicted that the industry as a whole would maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year's
d) sales decines of up to fifty percent but predicted that the industry as a whole would maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year's
e) declines up to fifty percent of sales but predicted that the industry as a whole will have maintained a volume of sales fairly close to last year's

Ans: D
這題基本上是考比較要同類.所以a and b可以刪掉 (sales cannot compare with last year)
再來就是tense,所以e也可以刪 (will have maintained)
剩下 c and d我就有一點小問題,無法判斷是否up tp fifty percent in declining sales和sales declines of up to fifty percent有何不同. Any one?

[林小馬]

24) One analyst of the liquor industry estimated that this year a few liquor stores have experienced declining sales of up to fifty percent but predicted tha tthe industry as a whole will maintain a volume fairly close to last year

c) up to fifty percent in declining sales but predicted that the industry as a whole would maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year's
d) sales decines of up to fifty percent but predicted that the industry as a whole would maintain a volume of sales fairly close to last year's

Ans: D
這題基本上是考比較要同類.所以a and b可以刪掉 (sales cannot compare with last year)
再來就是tense,所以e也可以刪 (will have maintained)
剩下 c and d我就有一點小問題,無法判斷是否up tp fifty percent in declining sales和sales declines of up to fifty percent有何不同. Any one?

我沒有很確定喔
只是說說看我的想法

把up to拿掉來看比較清楚
C是experience fifty percent in declining sales
D是experience sales decines of fifty percent
想想看experience的最直接的受辭應該是什麼?
就覺得"經歷sales decline"比"經歷50%"順多了

我想
講"經歷sales decline",然後在用50%去修飾這個sales decline
會比
講"經歷50%",然後再說明這個50%是指sales decline的幅度
要順一些

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