参考答案及解析:
1.The correct answer is D
Explanation
Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the pronoun error of the original by using the singular pronoun “it” to refer appropriately to the singular noun “The modern … canoe.”
2.The correct answer is B
Explanation
Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by placing the noun “Clara Barton” next to its appositive, “a nurse...battlefield.”
3.Nice work!
Explanation
Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the awkwardness and wordiness of the original by making “Lack of water” the subject of the sentence.
4.The correct answer is E
Explanation
Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by removing the unnecessary pronoun “They,” and by using a well-constructed phrase, “The color and flavor … are …
5.The correct answer is E
Explanation
Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the preposition “As” to indicate the capacity in which Shirley Chisholm “won 152 delegates.”
6.The correct answer is A
Explanation
Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the errors of the other options by providing the present tense verb "remains" to refer to a present-day statement of fact (Galileo's case is today the most well-known example of scientific suppression) and the past tense verb phrase "was forced" to refer to a past event (in 1633 Galileo was forced to disavow his scientific findings).
7.The correct answer is D
Explanation
Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by placing the subject of the sentence ("most major U.S. publishers") directly after the modifying phrase ("Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library rather than click to buy it"). The original sentence illogically implies that "library access," rather than the "publisher," is "concerned."
8.The correct answer is B
Explanation
Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by replacing the modifying phrase ("Although hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time") with the dependent clause ("Although Merce Cunningham was hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time"). It does not make sense to say that his "company," rather than Merce Cunningham himself, was "hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time."
9.The correct answer is C
Explanation
Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the unidiomatic phrasing and wordiness of the original by replacing the unidiomatic participial phrase “Being that she has a gift for comic timing” with the more concise and idiomatic prepositional phrase “With her gift for comic timing.”
10.The correct answer is D
Explanation
Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the unidiomatic phrasing and wordiness of the original by replacing the prepositional phrase "because of its capture of the sensorial experience of childhood" with the clearer and more concise noun clause "that it captures the sensorial experience of childhood."
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