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A researcher claims that a tornado of a given size and strength is likely to cause more deaths, both proportionately and in abso
A researcher claims that a tornado of a given size and strength is likely to cause more deaths, both proportionately and in abso
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2019-11-17
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问题
A researcher claims that a tornado of a given size and strength is likely to cause more deaths, both proportionately and in absolute numbers, in the southeastern region of the United States than in the northeastern.
选项
A、A researcher claims that a tornado of a given size and strength is likely to cause more deaths, both proportionately and in absolute numbers in the southeastern region of the United States than in the northeastern.
B、A researcher claims that a tornado, if of a given size and strength, is likely both proportionately and in absolute numbers to cause more deaths in the southeastern region of the United States than in the northeastern.
C、A researcher claims that, with a tornado of a given size and strength, it is likely to cause more death, both proportionately and in absolute numbers, in the southeastern rather than in the northeastern region of the United States.
D、If a tornado is of a given size and strength, a researcher claims, it is more likely, both proportionately and in absolute numbers, to cause death if it is in the southeastern region of the United States rather than in the northeastern region.
E、Both proportionately and in absolute numbers, a researcher claims that a tornado of a given size and strength is likely to cause more deaths in the southeastern region of the United States rather than in the northeastern.
答案
A
解析
Grammatical construction; Diction
The sentence clearly and correctly reports a researcher’s claim about the relative incidence of fatalities from a tornado of any given size in two different regions of the United States. It states that the incidence of fatalities in the southeastern region would be greater both in number and as a percentage of the affected population than would the incidence in the northeastern region. Some issues to note about the erroneous sentences are: use of rather than instead of simply than; use of the singular death instead of the plural; the placement of the adverbial phrase both proportionately.. .numbers; and the use of if-statements.
A Correct. The sentence, though expressing a complex thought, does so clearly and coherently and avoids errors related to the issues mentioned.
B The researcher’s claim is not that a tornado of a certain magnitude is likely to cause more fatalities in the southeastern than in the northeastern region; rather the claim is that a tornado of any given magnitude will cause more deaths in the southeastern region than in the northeastern.
C This sentence is unnecessarily awkward because of the adverbial phrase beginning with and the use of it to refer to a tornado. The singular death does not go well with the mention of numbers, which indicates the counting of individual deaths. The number of deaths in one region is being compared with the number in another; for that purpose, rather than is unidiomatic, as opposed to than.
D Beginning the sentence with this if-clause suggests that the claimed likelihood of variation in regional incidence of fatalities is conditional on the tornado being of a certain minimum size and strength. Nothing suggests that this is the claim that the given sentence meant to attribute to the researcher. Also, the matter at issue is not whether there would be any death (singular) but rather what the incidence of fatalities (plural) would be in each of two different regions. Another error is that the placement of the adverbial phrase both proportionately. .. numbers makes it function as a modifier of the verbal phrase is more likely.
E The placement of the adverbial phrase both proportionately... numbers seems nonsensically to make it modify the verb claims, and does not reflect the intended meaning of the given sentence. The use of rather than instead of than is an incorrect usage for the comparison intended.
The correct answer is A.
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