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考试类型: Writing > Improving Sentences

Part 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.

A Raisin in the Sun won for its author Lorraine Hansberry the distinction of being the first African American to receive the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

A. of being the first African American to receive

B. to be the first African American receiving

C. of the first African American to receive

D. that she had been the first African American to receive

E. that she was to be the first African American having received

正确答案:A

解析:

Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the errors of the other options by using the idiomatic distinction of being to express what the play won for its author Lorraine Hansberry.

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重点单词
  • optionn. 选择权,可选物,优先购买权 v. 给予选择
  • distinctionn. 差别,对比,区分,荣誉,优秀
  • circlen. 圈子,圆周,循环 v. 环绕,盘旋,包围
  • originaladj. 最初的,原始的,有独创性的,原版的 n. 原件
  • idiomaticadj. 地道的,成语的,符合语言习惯的