Question

SAT语法题高手入

1.Many communities in my state are forming neighborhood watch program () criminals.
为什么是programs that will deter而是不programs for the deterrence of？
2.Few issues of public policy are as likely to provoke widespread interest as that involving possible danger to the health or safety of children.
that错了，为什么？
3.In the opinion of the lecturer, a background of ... is not a condition necessary in the enjoyment of medieval literature.
in用错了，为什么？

Answer 1

为你提供正确答案：
1.一楼错了。从语法上说，两个说法都对，表达的意思也一样。但SAT要求你选择最佳答案，其中简明扼要是SAT所看中的原则之一。
2.that指什么，很不清楚，因为前面出现过两个单数名词policy和interest，而作者是希望指issues。
3. of是所属，一般就这么用于，in 不符合习惯用法。

Answer 2

1.Many communities in my state are forming neighborhood watch program () criminals.
为什么是programs that will deter而是不programs for the deterrence of？
答：是限制性定语从句，而不是目得状语。
2.Few issues of public policy are as likely to provoke widespread interest as that involving possible danger to the health or safety of children.
that错了，为什么？

Presumably, the writer wants "that" to refer to one of the "issues." But "issues" is given here as a plural noun, so you can't refer to one of the issues as "that." (You can, however, refer to "issues" as "those," since that is consistently plural.) So "that" should be "the issue": "Few issues of public policy are as likely to provoke widespread interest as the issue involving. . . ."

Answer 3

1. 语法题目基本原则：动词优先于名词
2. 应该是those，因为是复数，要平行一致
3. necessary for? 应该是固定搭配吧？不过具体是什么我不清楚了。。