改错题3.Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was making the case for women's equality long before the cause had a name: Born in the mid-seventeenth century in San Miguel Nepantla, Mexico, the convent was the perfect environment for Sor Juana to pursue intellectual pursuits, achieving renown as a mathematician, poet, philosopher, and playwright.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】Logical predication; Grammatical construction This sentence focuses on Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, but the subject of its second clause is the convent. This causes a problem because the predicates born and achieving, which have only understood subjects, are grammatically paired with the convent, an illogical subject. Also, normally where a semicolon is used to mark the end of an independent clause (as in some of the options), it should be followed by another independent clause. A The convent is the subject of the second clause, so both born and achieving are illogically forced to take it as their subject. B Correct. Sor Juana provides the correct logical subject for born and went on to achieve; the second clause is correctly introduced by and, and is constructed as a full clause with a subject and tensed verb. C As the convent is the subject of the second clause, born is illogically forced to take that phrase as its subject. Also, the clause after the semicolon is not an independent full clause with a subject and a tensed verb; she went on is required instead of going on. D The clause after the semicolon is not an independent full clause with a subject and a tensed verb: she achieved is required instead of achieving. E Since the convent is the subject of the second clause, born must illogically take that phrase as its subject. The correct answer is B.