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1、Hi,MrRoger.waitforyouranswers1）Ratherthan_____himselfathome,hehungoutwithhisfriendsyesterday.A.relaxB.relaxedCrelaxing2)Whydidn`tyouaskforhelp,ratherthan_____todoityourself?A.tryingB.triedC.try3)Hewantsagoodrestratherthan_____himselfonweekends.A.busyB.busyingC.busies4)Yesterday
2、hestayedathomeratherthan_____outwithhisfriends.A.hungB.hangingC.hang5)Somepeopledooftenimitateothersratherthan____themselves.有些人经常模仿他人而不去做真正的自己。A.beingB.beC.are6)Ratherthan____theredundantsegmentsintoonelongmovie,whichextendsitsdownloadtime,simplyloopthesingle,compactsegment.不必
3、把多个片段串成一个长电影，这样只会延长下载时间，仅仅循环单个简化的片段即可。A.stringBstringing7)Strengthenyourabilitytoconfrontnewproblems,ratherthan___everytime.A.winBtowinCwinningThegrammarbookssaythat"ratherthan"isaconjunction,somychoicesfortheabovegoasfollows(buti`mnotsurewhethertheyarerightorwrong,pleasetellme
4、whyindetail,millionsofthanks!!):1.It’sA,thereasonbeingthattheverbinthefirstclausehastobeparallel(match)theoneinthesecondclause.Also,wedon’toftensay(“relaxoneself”),althoughuneducatedpeopleoccasionallydo,soitshouldbe“Ratherthanrelaxathome,…”HOWEVER,havingsaidthat,grammarianssayt
5、hatthegerundialform(“-ing”)canbeusedinplaceoftheinfinitive,inthesecases,BUT,theguideinthiscaseiswhetheritisidiomatic(soundsnaturaltoanativespeaker)ANDC.justdoesnotsoundnatural.Gotthat?2.Here,whatIjustsaid(above)stillapplies,andC.(whichisparallel)soundsbetter,butonlyslightly,and
6、A.isalsoacceptable.Roger1天前3.HereB.soundscorrectbutthesentenceitselfsoundsutterlyandtotallyridiculous.So,Iwouldsay“none”.Iwouldsaysomethinglike,“Heneedsagoodrest,ratherthantryingtobusyhimselfonweekends.”4.Here,itshouldbeC.butthatdoesn’talittleunnatural,sopeoplemightsayB.butthat
7、alsosoundsridiculousforsomereason.Mostpeoplewouldprobablysay“Yesterdayhestayedathomeinsteadofhangingoutwithfriends,”because“hang”forsomereasondoesnotsoundnatural.5.ThisisathoroughlystupidsentencebecausebothA.andB.soundodd.Morecommonusagemighthaveit:“Somepeopleoftendoimitateothe
8、rs,insteadofjusttryingtobethemselves.”RememberDrRoger’
