Question

SAT 语法题

1. In 1961 Rita Moreno gained fame and won an Academy Award for her portrarying Anita in the film adaptation of the groundbreaking Broadway musical West Side Story.
"for her portraying" 怎么改啊？
2.Bridget worried that she might not be able to bring back many souvenirs were she to take only one suitcase on vacation.
"were she to take" 虚拟的话，这里不应该是were啊。
3.(Determined A) to make a name( for herself B)( as a writer C) of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until (revising D) it several times.（ No error E）
虽然说D肯定错的 但是开头的determined 按悬垂结构来讲 应该与主句形成被动，那么也就是Helen 被 determined 怎么看都是Helen自己determine啊
十分感谢！

Answer 1

1、要么for her portrayal of Anita
要么for portraying Anita
2、if she were to take的变体 表示她将要带。。。是过去将来时 如果用had she taken或者if she had taken 的时态就是过去完成时 前面might 后也要加have了。
3、这里就是与主句形成主动，非被动句型。
be determined to 是坚定；坚决；决心的意思 是固定短语 不是表示被动语态。
例：A ：They were determined to face up to the difficulties.
他们决心面对这些困难。
B： They were determined to fight on to the end.
他们决心斗争到底。

比较： He was determined to go abroad. 他下了决心要出国。
He determined to go abroad。他决定要出国。

Answer 2

1. In 1961 Rita Moreno gained fame and won an Academy Award for（ her 赘肉 ，该去掉）portrarying Anita in the film adaptation of the groundbreaking Broadway musical West Side Story.
2.Bridget worried that she might not be able to bring back many souvenirs were she to take only one suitcase on vacation. （这是虚拟条件句吗？No ，）建议改成：if she was to take only one suitcase on vacation.）
3.（As she was） Determined to make a name for herself as a writer of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until having revised it several times.
be determined to do sth （“主语”决心做某事）

追问

第二句是对的啊.

追答

sorry，是我看错了，...she might not be able to bring back many souvenirs were she to take only one suitcase on vacation .were she to take = If she were to take（在正式的虚拟语气句式中，were 用于各人称），不过我没看到上下文，这里 主从句都是对“ 现在情况的的”虚拟假设。

追问

应该是过去将来时？
还是谢谢！

Answer 3

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