【SAT每日一题】7/25/12 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.Mahpiua Luta, better known for being Red Cloud, was chief of the Oglala Sioux during the 1860s.
A. for being
B. that he was
C. as being
D. to be
E. as
正确答案:E
解析:
Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using an appropriate idiom, “known as,” to introduce “Red Cloud,” the more familiar name of “Mahpiua Luta.”
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