His straightforward prose is particularly effective in his short stories, some of 15 are collected in Men Without Women (1927).
答案:(B) which
【關係代名詞】some of which 中,which 代替前面的先行詞 short stories,引導形容詞子句修飾之;介系詞 of 之後須接關係代名詞 which,不可接 that。what 前面不可接介系詞;them/these 為代名詞,無法直接接在介系詞後方引導子句。
some of them 讀起來非常順,中文「其中有些被收錄在……」也完全對得上,所以 them 是這一題最誘人的選項;these 同理。
這一題不靠語意,靠數句子的成分。先數限定動詞:逗號前 His straightforward prose is particularly effective in his short stories 已經是一個完整的句子(主詞 prose、動詞 is);逗號後 some of ______ are collected in Men Without Women 又有一個動詞 are。一個句子裡出現兩個限定動詞,中間卻只有一個逗號、沒有對等連接詞——這時後面那一段一定得靠關係詞接上去,四個選項裡能引導子句的只有 what 與 which。接著刷掉 what:劍橋 English Grammar Today 的 what 條目說 what 不能當一般的關係代名詞,前面若已經有名詞先行詞就得改用 which 或 that(This is the book which the lecturer mentioned.,不可寫成 the book what...)。本句 of 前面站著先行詞 short stories,what 出局。剩下 which,還原成兩句就看得很清楚:His straightforward prose is particularly effective in his short stories. 加上 Some of the short stories are collected in Men Without Women.,把第二句的 the short stories 換成 which 接上去,就是 some of which。這一組整批記起來最省力:some of which、most of which、all of which、none of which。另外記一個硬規則:介系詞後面不能接 that,所以不會有 some of that 這種寫法。
them 與 these 都是代名詞。代名詞只能在句子裡當名詞用,沒有把兩個句子接起來的能力;填進去會變成兩個完整的句子中間只放一個逗號,這在英文裡不成立,中間必須有連接詞或關係詞。中文讀起來順正是它誘人的原因,但英文的連接規則不會因為中文順就放行。what 前面已經有先行詞,理由見上。這一格的鑑別度 52,分開的就是有沒有先數清楚句子裡的動詞與連接詞,而不是憑中文語感。
some of which(其中一些,介系詞加關係代名詞)、most of which(其中大部分)、none of which(其中沒有一個)、be collected in(被收錄於)、straightforward(直截了當的、不繞彎的)、be awarded(被授予)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His writing style, characterized by simplicity and understatement, influenced modern fiction, as 11 his life of adventure.
Hemingway started his career as a journalist at 17. In the 1920s, he was sent to Europe as a newspaper correspondent to 12 such events as the Greek Revolution. During this period, he produced his early important works, including The Sun Also Rises. Among his later works, the most outstanding is The Old Man and the Sea (1952), which became perhaps his most famous book, finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had long been 13 .
Hemingway liked to portray soldiers, hunters, bullfighters—tough, at times primitive people whose courage and honesty are set against the brutal ways of modern society, and who in this 14 lose hope and faith. His straightforward prose is particularly effective in his short stories, some of 15 are collected in Men Without Women (1927). In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Idaho in 1961.