members shaving several seconds off her own best time. A) of the members shaving B) of the members had shaved C) of the members was shaving D) who had been shaving E) who shaved
解析：错解（E）。此处为独立主格结构。其他都不对。正解（A）。
16、One subject of Felipe Alfau’s second novel, published more than 40 years after it has been written, is the illusory nature of the passage of time. No error. 解析：错解（E）。过去的过去，应该用过去完成。正解（C）。
23、At the conclusion of the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwestemer recently arrived to New york, moodily watches the blinking green light at the tip of Long Island. No error. 解析：错解（E）。固定搭配arrive in。正解（A）。
26、Mediators were standing by, prepared to intervene in the labor dispute even though both sides had refused earlier offers for assistance. No error. 解析：未选。固定搭配offer of assistance。正解（D）。
27、According to some theorists, what any particular bird can eat could change with even the slightest variation in the shape of its beak. No error. 解析：错解（D）。不要多想。正解（E）。
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12、On October 13. 1955, at the Six Gallery in San Francisco, Allen Ginsberg read his poem Howl, being the inauguration of both a new style in poetry and the Beat movement. A) Howl, being the inauguration of both B) Howl, both inaugurated
C) Howl, it was the inauguration of both D) Howl, whose inauguration of both E) Howl, thus inaugurating both
解析：错解（B）。理解句义，有“因此”的含义。正解（E）。
May 2007—690分 索引+小结： 名词单复：18 现在分词：8 同位语：14 想当然：11 【part 5】
18、As children mature, they develop an independence that their parents, who have been responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult to accept. No error. 解析：错解（B）。一种独立。正解（E）。 【part 10】
8、Buffalo herds, which once thrived in the Great Plains of North America, trampled vegetation, and future plant growth was aided by this by returning nutrients to the soil. A) and future plant growth was aided by this by returning nutrients to the soil
B) future plant growth was thereby aided and nutrients returned C) thereby aiding future plant growth by returning nutrients D) thereby a n aid to future plant growth returned nutrients E) but this aided future plant growth and nutrients were returned 解析：未选。现在分词做伴随状语。正解（C）。 11、Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer; he was also a great president. A) Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer; he was also a great president.
B) Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer, and also a great
president.
C) Theodore Roosevelt was not just a great reformer; but also a great president.
D) Great not just as reformer, but Theodore Roosevelt was also a great president.
E) Not just as a reformer, Theodore Roosevelt was also a great president. 解析：未选。选择最好的，其他都有错。正解（A）。 14、Nicknamed the supergrain of the future, quinoa is a complete protein, one that contains all the necessary amino acids and is high in fiber. A) one that contains all the necessary amino acids and is B) protein, it contains all the necessary amino acids and is
C) protein, and containing all the necessary amino acids in addition to being D) protein that contained all the necessary amino acids and also is E) protein; thus, containing all the necessary amino acids and being also 解析：错解（D）。看清时态。同位语最好。正解（A）。
October 2007—590分 索引+小结： 时态问题:1 倒装名词单复：3 可错可不错：23 平行结构：29 现在分词：5 【part 5】
1、The Women’s Media Group recently launching an intern program in an effort to encourage minority women to think about careers in publishing and electronic media.
A) The Women’s Media Group recently launching an intern program B) The Women’s Media Group recently would launch an intern program C) Recently launching an intern program, the Women’s Media Group D) The Women’s Media Group recently launched an intern program E) An intern program recently launched by the Women’s Media Group 解析：错解（B）。时态问题。正解（D）。 9、The apparently chaotic images in certain types of contemporary painting strike many viewers as both confusing but delightfully original. A) but B) but also C) yet D) and as E) and
解析：错解（D）。平行结构both…and…。正解（E）。 23、As adults, male golden silk spiders live not in webs of their own making but rather in webs made by female spiders. No error 解析：错解（B）。可错可不错即为不错。正解（E）。