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Avalanches at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park killed more than 200 people between 1885 and 1910. but they are now controlle

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问题 Avalanches at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park killed more than 200 people between 1885 and 1910. but they are now controlled if not prevented; cannons are fired at the slopes to make snow masses fall before they become dangerous.
选项 A、Avalanches at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park killed more than 200 people between 1885 to 1910, but they
B、More than 200 people have been killed by avalanches between 1885 and 1910 at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, but they
C、Between 1885 and 1910, more than 200 people were killed by avalanches at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, but they
D、More than 200 people have been killed by avalanches at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park between 1885 and 1910, but such avalanches
E、Avalanches at Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park killed more than 200 people between 1885 and 1910, but such avalanches
答案E
解析 In the sentence as written, the referent of the pronoun they is unclear. It may look, at first, as if the referent is the noun phrase Avalanches... 1910. However, this does not work as intended: obviously, avalanches that occurred at the turn of the nineteenth century cannot now be controlled. It is therefore clear that they does not refer correctly.
A    In this choice, the pronoun they does not refer correctly.
B    In this choice, the pronoun they does not refer correctly. Furthermore, it unnecessarily uses the passive form people... killed by avalanches.
C    In this choice, the pronoun they does not refer correctly. Furthermore, it unnecessarily uses the passive form people... killed by avalanches.
D    In this choice, the verb form have been
killed suggests a recent event that perhaps continues to the present. It would be inappropriate to use this to refer to events that happened near the turn of the nineteenth century. Furthermore, it unnecessarily uses the passive form people... killed by avalanches.
E    Correct. This choice avoids the unclear
pronoun and uses the active form glaciers... killed, which produces a simple and rhetorically effective sentence. Furthermore, the phrase such avalanches refers, as intended, to actual or possible avalanches in more recent times than those mentioned in the sentence.
The correct answer is E.
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