2013-06-21 10:08:40 来源: Collegeboard 责编:楷维留学指南
2013年6月20日SAT考试官方每日一题
考试类型: Writing > Improving Sentences
Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.
Being that she has a gift for comic timing, Esmeralda is a natural when it comes to storytelling.
A. Being that she has a gift for comic timing
B. In having a gift for comic timing
C. With her gift for comic timing
D. Although she has a gift for comic timing
E. Comically timed
2013年6月20日SAT考试官方每日一题正确答案: C
解析:
Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the unidiomatic phrasing and wordiness of the original by replacing the unidiomatic participial phrase “Being that she has a gift for comic timing” with the more concise and idiomatic prepositional phrase “With her gift for comic timing.”
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