1. The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus Valley in the fifth century B.C., bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets. (A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and (B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the (C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the (D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and (E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and Ans. B 我選A，我以為他是說 Achaemenid empire 帶著從northern and southern Indian alphabets的scipt，不知道加了and後翻譯的差異。 2. The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures. (A) of there being little that is a significant difference (B) of there being little that is significantly different (C) of little that is significantly different (D) that there is little that is significantly different (E) that there is little of significant differences Ans.D 我知道應該是D和E其中一個，但我一直搞不懂D和E翻譯起來是甚麼意思。 3.More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined (A) More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. (B) With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it. (C) Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent. (D) While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. (E) More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water. Ans. A 我知道A是對的 但我找不到E錯在哪裡。 4. The Sports Medicine Programs of the Olympic Training Center, a complex where final tryouts are held for athletes representing the United States in the Olympics, is geared toward enhancing athletes' performance and toward their preparation for international competition. (A) is geared toward enhancing athletes' performance and toward their preparation (B) is geared to enhance the performance of athletes and to prepare them (C) are geared to enhance athletes' performance and their preparation (D) are geared toward the enhancement of athletes' performance and toward preparing them (E) are geared toward enhancing the performance of athletes and preparing them Ans. E 不知道C錯在哪裡，常常我很疑惑and的對等是指and前面是名詞後面也是名詞即可， 還是要對稱整個不定詞片語。 5.With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B, companies conducting consumer taste tests of foods or beverages typically choose numbers such as 697 or 483 to label the products. (A) With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B (B) Because the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations they are aware of (C) Because of an awareness of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B having connotations (D) Aware of the connotations of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B (E) Since the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations associated with them and they are aware of it Ans. E 不知道A錯在哪裡 6. Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week. (A) Both weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced (B) Both concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the growing fears of a rise in inflation weakened the country's currency, continuing its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced (C) Both because it was weakened by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a raise in inflation, the country's currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing (D) The country's currency, weakened both by concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing (E) The country's currency, weakened by both concern about the government's agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a raise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced Ans. D 我知道答案是D和E之一，但不知道為什麼平行結構必須是both by A and by B不能是AB兩個名詞共用一個by? 麻煩大家了!! -- ddcy的新聞台 http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/ddcy --

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