Question

SAT的几道语法题

1. The reason the mammal is the dominant life form in such a wide range of habitats is its ability to maintain a steady internal body temperature in practically any environment.

practically any错了，为什么？

2.Elizabeth Ellet is best known for her historical accounts that focus on ordinary lives, especially that of women, rather than on larger political and socioeconomic events.

that of 错了。我觉得 rather than错了啊，是不是应该改成 rather than that啊。

3.Despite its dry climate, the ancient city of Petra had about 30000 resident; this astonishing dense population was made possible only by a cleverly designed water supply system.

astonishing为神马不对？

Answer 1

1.practically any错了，environment是名词，副词不能修饰直接名词，要形容词，应该是any practical
2.that of 错了,作者要表达 focus on ordinary lives, especially ordinary lives of women，而ordinary lives 是复数，所以用those of而非 that of 。
rather than没错 ordinary lives与larger political and socioeconomic events并列，至于especially that of women是插入成分，分析成分时不能被迷惑
3.惊人地稠密的人口，dense是形容词，修饰形容词的得是副词

Answer 2

第一道是对的 practically any 事实上任何环境
you can find practically any product available for sale on the internet
实际上你可以在网上找到....

Answer 3

第一题没错 选 E 我谢谢你= =

Answer 4

1 practically 和 any意思冲突，选一个就可以了
2，去掉especially..on ordinary lives和on larger political XX由rather than 引导着并列。account是复数，所以不是that而是those
3 dense是形容词，astonishing要变成副词，因为形容词不能修饰形容词

还有不懂的记得问我

Answer 5

1.practically any错了，为什么: any pratical or any
2.that of 错了。我觉得 rather than错了啊，是不是应该改成 rather than that: No, especially those of women.
3.astonishing ,令人惊讶的, dense population稠密的人口, I agree with you.