SAT语法句子改错题含详细答案（9）.

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　　SAT考试（Scholastic Assessment Test）是美国高中生进入美国大学的标准入学考试，它对录取与否及奖学金多少的影响非常大。下面是SAT语法练习句子改错题，第二页含有详细答案，请参看。

　　81. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male&aposs income; and forty-four percent in 1984.

　　(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984

　　(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent

　　(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure

　　(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984

　　82. In contrast to large steel plants that take iron ore through all the steps needed to produce several different kinds of steel, processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology and remain economically viable.

　　(A) processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology and remain

　　(B) processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology, remaining

　　(C) the processing of steel scrap into a specialized group of products has enabled small mills to put capital into new technology, remaining

　　(D) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remain

　　(E) small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remained

　　83. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not.

　　(A) a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one

　　(B) when a condition is present and indicate that there is one

　　(D) when a condition is present and indicate its presence

　　(E) the presence of a condition when it is there and indicate its presence

　　84. One legacy of Madison Avenue&aposs recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the realization that as a person ages. their concerns change as well.

　　(A) the realization that as a person ages, their

　　(B) the realization that as people age, their

　　(D) to realize that when people age, their

　　(E) realizing that as people age, their

　　85. Out of America&aposs fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

　　(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

　　(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

　　(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

　　(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

　　86. Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper&aposs bullet during the First World War. Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his lt

　　(A) Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper&aposs bullet during the First World War

　　(B) In spite of his right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper&aposs bullet during the First World War

　　(D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper&aposs bullet during the First World War

　　(E) His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper&aposs bullet during the First World War

　　87. Beyond the immediate cash flow crisis that the museum faces, its survival depends on if it can broaden its membership and leave its cramped quarters for a site where it can store and exhibit its more than 12,000 artifacts.

　　(A) if it can broaden its membership and leave

　　(B) whether it can broaden its membership and leave

　　(D) its ability for broadening its membership and leaving

　　(E) the ability for it to broaden its membership and leave

　　88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."

　　(A) so unrealistic as to constitute

　　(B) so unrealistic they constituted

　　(D) unrealistic enough so that they constitute

　　(E) unrealistic enough so as to constitute

　　89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

　　(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

　　(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

　　(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were

　　(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

　　90. Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers&apos fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

　　(A) investment officers’ fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began

　　(B) investment officers’ fees to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several

　　corporations began

　　(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations have begun

　　(E) that investment officers&apos fees be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations began

参考答案及解析

　　Answer to Question 81

　　To establish the clearest comparison between circumstances in 1973 and those in 1984, a separate clause is needed to describe each year. Choices A and C, in failing to use separate clauses, are too elliptical and therore unclear. Choice A also incorrectly uses and and a semicolon to separate an independent clause and a phrase. Choice D incorrectly separates two independent clauses with a comma; moreover, the placement of in 1984 is awkward and confusing. In choice E, that rers illogically to income, thereby producing the misstatement that income rather than mortgage payments rose to forty-four percent in 1984. Choice B is best;

　　two properly constructed clauses that clearly express the comparison are separated by a semicolon.

　　Answer to Question 82

　　The logical comparison here is between large steel plants and small mills. Choices A, B, and C illogically contrast large steel plants with [the] processing [of] steel scrap. Further, in choices B and C remaining is not parallel with put; consequently, it is not clear exactly what is remaining economically viable. The contrast between large plants and small mills is logically phrased in choices D and E, but remained in E is not parallel with put. Choice D, the best answer, uses parallel verb forms to complete the construction have been able to put... and remain.

　　Answer to Question 83

　　Only choice C, the best answer, produces a sentence in which every pronoun it rers clearly and logically to the noun condition. In choices A and B, the phrase indicate that there . is one does not grammatically fit with when it is not because it has no rerent. Choices B and D are imprecise in saying that a test will fail to detect when a condition is present, since the issue is the presence and not the timing of the condition. Further, its presence in D leaves the it in when it is not without a logical rerent: it must rer to condition, not presence. Choice E repeats this error; also, the presence ... when it is there is imprecise and redundant.

　　Answer to Question 84

　　In choice A, the plural pronoun their does not agree in number with the singular noun person. Choices C, D, and E can be faulted for failing to complete the construction One legacy ... is with a noun that matches the noun legacy; these choices use verb forms--the infinitive to realize or the present participle realizing--in place of a noun such as realization. Further, when in C and D is less precise than as in characterizing a prolonged and gradual process such as aging. B is the best answer.

　　Answer to Question 85

　　Choice B is best. In A and D, have grown does not agree with the singular noun market. In addition, all of the choices except B use plural verbs after that, thus illogically stating either that bygone styles of furniture and fixtures, or fixtures alone, are reviving the particular pieces mentioned; it is instead the market for those styles that is bringing back such pieces, as B states. Furthermore, choices C and E, by using the verb form bring, fail to convey the ongoing nature of the revival properly described by the progressive verb is bringing.

　　Answer to Question 86

　　In E, the best answer, the construction His right hand... crippled clearly and grammatically modifies the subject of the sentence, Horace Pippin. In A, the use of the two participles Having and being is ungrammatical. Choice B is awkward and changes the meaning of the original statement: the point is that Pippin&aposs method of painting arose because of, not in spite of, his injury. Choice C is wordy and awkwardly places the clause beginning that crippled... so that it appears to modify the First World War rather than bullet. In choice D, The should be His, and being should be omitted.

　　Answer to Question 87

　　Choice A is faulty because it uses the unidiomatic construction depends on if; whether is required to connect depends on with the clause beginning it can.... Choice C uses whether or not where only whether is needed, includes the awkward and wordy construction has the capability to, and unnecessarily repeats the idea of capability with can. Choices D and E use unidiomatic constructions where the phrase its ability to broaden is required. Choice B--idiomatic, concise, and correct--is best.

　　Answer to Question 88

　　The verbs are and calls indicate that the sculpture is being viewed and judged in the present. Thus, neither the past tense verb constituted (in B) nor the present perfect verb have constituted (in C) is correct; both suggest that the statue&aposs features once constituted an artificial face but no longer do so. Also, B would be better if that were inserted after so unrealistic, although the omission of that is not ungrammatical. Choices D and E use unidiomatic constructions with enough: unrealistic enough to constitute would be idiomatic, but the use of enough is imprecise and awkward in this context. Choice A, which uses the clear, concise, and idiomatic construction so unrealistic as to constitute, is best.

　　Answer to Question 89

　　Choices A, B, and C appropriately use the construction "one X for every thirty-two Y&aposs" to describe the ratio of computers to pupils, but only C, the best answer, is error-free. In A, are does not agree with the subject, one microcomputer; furthermore, in A, B, and D, than is used where as is required. Choices D and E reorder and garble the "one X ..." construction, making four times as many rer illogically to pupils.

　　Answer to Question 90

　　The clause beginning Since 1986... indicates that the practice described in the second clause continued for some period of time after it began. Choice D, the best answer, supplies the present perfect have begun, which conveys this continuity; D also uses a construction that is appropriate when "allow" means "permit": allow... to be based on. Choices A, B, and E incorrectly use the past tense began rather than the present perfect; furthermore, in each of these options, they has no rerent, since officers is a possessive modifier of fees. Choices A and C include the awkward phrase based on how the funds they manage perform. Choices C and E incorrectly use allow that.. .fees be based.

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