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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Pls help me work out the problem
Is the adaptation proper?
The following is a cloze test from the NMET(National Matriculation English Test) in China in 2011, but I feel the sentences in red are not natural or idiomatic. By searching online, I find it is an adaptation(See the link article below). Personally, the original article reads smoothly while the adaptation, especially the parts in red is not so good. Do you think so?
In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 36 course about 20 years ago.
The professor 37 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans, and invited the student to 38 how many beans the jar contained. After 39 shout of wildly wrong the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 40 answer, and went on saying, “you have just 41 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 42 your own senses.”
Twenty years later, the 43 could guests what the professor had (Should we use "had had"here?)in mind. He 44 himself, perhaps, inviting his students to start an exciting 45 into an unknown world invisible to the 46 , which can be discovered only through scientific 47 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitation. She was just 49 to understand the world. And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 . The professor, however, said that it was 52 . He was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and 54 ,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I 55 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”
Key: 36.C 37.D 38.B 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.A 46.B 47.D 48.A 49.B 50.A 51.D 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.A
The original article:
http://dawnhayward.tripod.com/chapter26.htm
http://storiesforpoliticaled.blogspot.com/2009/07/2e-political-talk-on-go-turning-our.html
The following is a cloze test from the NMET(National Matriculation English Test) in China in 2011, but I feel the sentences in red are not natural or idiomatic. By searching online, I find it is an adaptation(See the link article below). Personally, the original article reads smoothly while the adaptation, especially the parts in red is not so good. Do you think so?
In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 36 course about 20 years ago.
The professor 37 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans, and invited the student to 38 how many beans the jar contained. After 39 shout of wildly wrong the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 40 answer, and went on saying, “you have just 41 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 42 your own senses.”
Twenty years later, the 43 could guests what the professor had (Should we use "had had"here?)in mind. He 44 himself, perhaps, inviting his students to start an exciting 45 into an unknown world invisible to the 46 , which can be discovered only through scientific 47 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitation. She was just 49 to understand the world. And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 . The professor, however, said that it was 52 . He was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and 54 ,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I 55 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”
36.A. art | B. history | C. science | D. math |
37.A. searched for | B. looked at | C. got through | D. marched into |
38.A. count | B. guess | C. report | D. watch |
39.A. warning | B. giving | C. turning away | D. listening to |
40.A. ready | B. possible | C. correct | D. difficult |
41.A. learned | B. prepared | C. taught | D. taken |
42.A. lose | B. trust | C. sharpen | D. show |
43.A. lecturer | B. scientist | C. speaker | D. woman |
44.A. described | B. respected | C. saw | D. served |
45.A. voyage | B. movement | C. change | D. rush |
46.A.professor | B. eye | C. knowledge | D. light |
47.A.model | B. senses | C. spirit | D. methods |
48.A.hear | B. make | C. present | D. refuse |
49.A.suggesting | B. beginning | C. pretending | D. waiting |
50.A.believed | B. doubted | C. proved | D. explained |
51. A. growth | B. strength | C. faith | D. truth |
52.A.firm | B. interesting | C. wrong | D. acceptable |
53.A.task | B. tool | C. success | D. connection |
54.A.cruel | B. pound | C. frightened | D. brave |
55.A.dropped | B. started | C. passed | D. missed |
Key: 36.C 37.D 38.B 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.A 46.B 47.D 48.A 49.B 50.A 51.D 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.A
The original article:
http://dawnhayward.tripod.com/chapter26.htm
http://storiesforpoliticaled.blogspot.com/2009/07/2e-political-talk-on-go-turning-our.html
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I'm sorry, but for me the post is far too long and confusing. Could you post just the sentences (with words, not numbers) that concern you?
- I'm sorry, but for me the post is far too long and confusing.
- Could you post just the sentences (with words, not numbers) that concern you?
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I'm sorry, but for me the post is far too long and confusing. Could you post just the sentences (with words, not numbers) that concern you?
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Sorry, I failed to get my idea across. let me clarify my point. In the following passage, there seems to be some improper sentences:
1.“Twenty years later, the woman could guess what the professor had in mind.” should be, in my opinion, “Twenty years later, the woman could guess what the professor
1.“Twenty years later, the woman could guess what the professor had in mind.” should be, in my opinion, “Twenty years later, the woman could guess what the professor
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1.“Twenty years later, the woman could guess what the professor had in mind.” should be, in my opinion, “Twenty years later, the woman could guess what the professor had had in mind.”-- Both are possible. The order of past events (within the context) is clear enough without using the past perfect, but the past perfect to emphasize the event of 20 years before is fine, too.
2. “She
2. “She
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