Prep Test1-67

[kotokolin]

Scientists say that each of the photographs taken of the Ares Vallis plain by the Mars Pathfinder indicate the overwhelming extent to flooding on the planet billions of years ago and the degree that rocks were scattered by its force.

(A) indicate the overwhelming extent to flooding on the planet billions of years ago and the degree that
(B) indicate that the extent of the floods on the planet billions of years ago was overwhelming and the degree to which
(C) indicate the overwhelming extent of the floods on the planet billions of years ago and the degree to which
(D) indicates the overwhelming extent of the flooding on the planet billions of years ago and the degree to which
(E) indicates the overwhelming extent to flooding on the planet billions of years ago and the degree that




答案D
居然傻傻的看到indicate that就選了B, 還想說怎麼只有一個有that的選項, 果然是上當了
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原來是考subject-verb agreement, 和平衡
(A)主詞each of the photographs=>indicates; the extent to ~ 和the degree that不平衡
(B)主詞each of the photographs=>indicates; 過去進行式和過去式時態不平衡
(C)主詞each of the photographs=>indicates
(E)the extent to ~ 和the degree that不平衡

這裡flooding和flood似乎不同, 大家有什麼想法嗎?

[dibert8]

flooding: 淹水的狀態
flood: 洪水

從 flooding 變成 flood 是錯誤選項的長相.

[hwatai]

片語的部份：

to....extent...
extent of...

有個二合一的片語叫作to the extent of