29、To insist that a poem means whatever one wants it to mean is often ignoring the intention and even the words of the poet. No error 解析：错解（E）。to do…is to do…平行结构。正解（C）。
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3、Alongside the trail on which we ride our bikes each morning run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees. A) run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees B) runs a crooked line of rugged old oak trees C) runs rugged old oak trees in a crooked line D) there runs rugged old oak trees in a crooked line E) there run a crooked line of rugged old oak trees
解析：错解（A）。此处倒装，主语a crooked line of rugged old oak trees.正解（B）。 5、Because of pleading in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused to pay rent until the landlord agreed to make the much-needed repairs.
A) Because of pleading in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused
B) Having pleaded in vain for improved maintenance services, the tenants refused
C) The tenants pleaded in vain for improved maintenance services, thus, finally, refusing
D) The tenants pleaded in vain for maintenance services to improve, then refusing
E) Pleading for maintenance services to improve was in vain, which eventually caused the tenants to refuse
解析：错解（A）。时间顺序优于因果顺序。正解（B）。
January 2008—540分 【part 7】
3、In his old age, the painter James McNeill Whistler walked to the beach almost every day, and he was carrying a small easel and his paints in order to paint the sky, the water, and the shore. A) and he was carrying B) when he carries C) where he carried D) carrying E) to carry
解析：错解（B）。时态错误。单词不如句子。正解（D）。 5、In researching an individual’s life, the biographer must sift through facts, opinions, untruths, and different accounts of the same events. A) different accounts of the same events
B) different people telling different accounts of the same events C) events told in different ways by different people D) accounts about events that are different E) people that tell different accounts of events
解析：错解（C）。与原文的平行成分不同。平行时大方向对应，再看细节，即名词对名词即可。正解（A）。 18、The bus would not have had to take the long detour instead of the main highway if the bridge did not become treacherous in the aftermath of an ice storm. No error 解释：错解（E）。would do…if…虚拟语气，要敏感！正解（C）。 23、No one but a fool would readily lend money to a person who is known to be a frequent gambler. No error 解析：错解（C）。would\\could可为情态动词，不能用其轻易判断过去式。正解（E）。 26、For any mayor of a vast metropolitan area, an understanding of current issues in all districts is not only desirous but also vital. No error 解析：错解（E）。固定含义。Desirous指人。正解（D）。 28、The seven-month-old baby was considered precocious to her family because she was already able to grasp tiny items delicately between her thumb and forefinger. No error 解析：错解（E）。固定搭配，precocious by。正解（A）。 【part 10】
4、The owner’s manual for the refrigerator explained how to connect the icemaker, replacing the light bulb, and positioning the shelves. A) replacing the light bulb, and positioning the shelves
B) both replacing the light bulb as well as positioning the shelves C) with replacing the light bulb and then positioning the shelves D) replace and position the light bulb and the shelves E) replace the light bulb, and position the shelves
解析：错解（A）。大结构平行。to do, do and do.正解（E）。 10、Few poets combine passion with precise expression as well as Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry. A) Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry B) Edna St. Vincent Millay
C) the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay D) in the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay E) Edna St. Vincent Millay would do
11、In winter, when the ponds froze over, the villagers went skating, and the most venturesome of whom played chase and executed complicated turns on the ice.
A) and the most venturesome of whom played chase and executed B) the most venturesome played chase and executed C) in that the most venturesome played chase and executed
D) with the most venturesome playing chase and executing E) accordingly the most venturesome played chase and executed 解析：错解（A）。并列句没有谓语。用伴随是可以的。正解（D）。