Man has used metals for centuries in gradual increasing quantities
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中单选题【2017年真题】Man has used metals for centuries in gradual increasing quantities,but it was not until the
Industrial Revolution that they came to be employed in vast quantities.
Industrial Revolution that they came to be employed in vast quantities.
A.gradually increasing quantities
B.increased quantities gradually
C.gradual increased quantities
D.increasingly gradual quantities
参考答案:A
答案解析:(1)画线部分错误分析。
题干中increasing为分词修饰中心名词quantities,而gradual应为副词形式gradually,
用来修饰increasing。
(2)选项分析。
根据上述分析,修饰词前置,中心词quantities置于短语之末,因此B选项可以排除;
根据句意,gradually作为副词修饰increasing,表示“持续增长”,可以排除D选项,
而increased作定语时,表示“已经增长了的”,C选项可排除,故选项A正确。
[译文]数世纪以来,人类使用金属的数量逐渐增加,但直到工业革命才开始大量使用。
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