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How do you understand this sentence?
Whether you believe it or not,it is ______that causes your illness.
A.because of you overweight
B.your being overweight
C.because you are overweight
D.you are so overweight
Thank you for you help!
Nov 14, 2010 7:16 AM
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Yes, it's B. The "...it is ______ that..." part clearly indicates that some "thing" must fill the space.
B. "your being overweight" is a noun phrase (=a thing), so it fits perfectly.
A isn't even grammatically correct; C is part of a sentence and not a single "thing"; D is a complete sentence, and again does not stand as a single "thing".
November 14, 2010
谢谢大家的帮助!
November 19, 2010
B
简单点说,这里仅需要一个overweight就够了。B在此等同于overweight。
November 15, 2010
选B
后半句是强调句型it is...that...
强调句型的特点是把it和is去掉后那句话仍然是完整的,所以后半句把it和is去掉后,那句话缺少主语,而作主语的只能是名词或名词性短语(v-ing或to do),所以选B。
你也可以把答案带到题目中去检查,把B带到题目中就是it is your being overweight that causes your illness,把it和is去掉的话就是your being overweight causes your illness,是完整的没有语法错误的一句话,所以选它不用怀疑了。
November 15, 2010
选B。 不管你相不相信,是你体重超重引发了疾病。
语法上来说,这里缺少一个表语,而它同时用来做后面定语从句中的逻辑主语。而学校里的老师会告诉你这是典型的强调句。因为后面是个定语从句,所以缺少的必须是个名词性质的词。而A语法上就错误的,C和D都是一个句子,而B your being overweight是you are overweight的分词形式,语法上就和一个名词一样。
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