李代桃僵——GMAT 选项对非母语使用者的考验之处 The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980s. (A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980s.(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.(C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.(D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980s and cost approximately 51 million dollars(E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars. 请看官方解释，并留意反斜局部：Choice A can be faulted because which grammatically refers to 51 million dollars, the nearest noun phrase. At any rate, it is not clear in choices A, B, C, or D whether the modernization program or the steel mil is supposed to be completed in the late 1980s. Aside from having an ambiguous which, D contains no independent clause and so cannot stand as a sentence. Choice E is the correct answer for this very difficult question. 啥意思呢？这道题目是古旧的语法大全里面的题目，大约对应于 90 年月的 GMAT笔试题目。当时，老头还年轻，他们照旧期望通过"it is hoped'和"Hopefully'哪个用法更标准来区分正确答案。但是，老头会成长，正如我们也会。。。 11. An unusually strong cyclist can, it is hoped, provide enough power to set a new distance record for human-powered aircraft in MITs diaphanous construction of graphite fiber and plastic. (A) can, it is ...
