题目

GMAT语法题
, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C.,worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."
(A)Based on accounts of various ancient writers
(B)Basing it on various acient writers'accounts
(C)With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
(D)By the accounts of various ancient writers they used
(E)Using accounts of various ancient writers
为什么答案是(E),而不是(A)呢?

提问时间：2020-12-21

答案

这是逻辑主语的问题,sat 也经常涉及.是这样,句子的意思是scholars 在accounts的基础上 painted 了一个 sketchy picture.选项划出的部分是修饰paint的过程,而过程的动作是由 scholar发出的,所以应该是主动动词,use.如...