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    2012年12月04日

　　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.  

　　The most famous case of scientific suppression remains that of Galileo, who in 1633 was forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow his finding that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

　　A. remains that of Galileo, who in 1633 was forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow

　　B. remained that of Galileo, who in 1633 was forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow

　　C. remaining that of Galileo, forced by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 to disavow

　　D. will remain that of Galileo, who is forced by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 to disavow

　　E. has remained that of Galileo, who in 1633 is forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow

正确答案:A

解析:

Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the errors of the other options by providing the present tense verb "remains" to refer to a present-day statement of fact (Galileo's case is today the most well-known example of scientific suppression) and the past tense verb phrase "was forced" to refer to a past event (in 1633 Galileo was forced to disavow his scientific findings).