【SAT每日一题】7/25/12 Writing > Improving Sentences

滚吧肥汤圆UID：3272378

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.
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A. for being

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C. as being

D. to be
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E. as
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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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