改错题 12.Recently declassified information from military satellites in orbit thousands of miles above the Earth show the planet continually bombarded by large meteoroids that explode with the power of atomic bomb blasts.

A、 show the planet continually bombarded by
B、 show continual bombarding of the planet by
C、 show a continual bombardment of the planet from
D、 shows continually that the planet is bombarded from
E、 shows that the planet is continually bombarded by Agreement; Idiom

【正确答案】 E

【答案解析】The sentence indicates that information shows the planet to be continually bombarded by meteors. However, the plural verb show incorrectly corresponds to the word satellites in the prepositional phrase/row military satellites, rather than to the singular subject information. The correct combination of subject and verb is information shows.
A The singular subject information does not agree with the plural verb show.
B The singular subject information does not agree with the plural verb show. The verbal noun bombarding (rather than bombardment) is awkward and unnecessary.
C The singular subject information does not agree with the plural verb show. Bombardment from is an unidiomatic way of expressing the intended relationship. This construction appears to indicate, illogically, that someone or something located on the large, exploding meteoroids is sending the bombardment to Earth.
D Continually should modify bombarded, not shows. Bombardment from is an unidiomatic way of expressing the intended relationship. This construction appears to indicate, illogically, that someone or something located on the large, exploding meteoroids is sending the bombardment to Earth.
E Correct. The singular subject information agrees with the singular verb shows.
The correct answer is E.