20. Which of the following expressions is more correct? (A) Singing at the top of his voice, the song irritated everybody at the party. (B) Stuffed with chestnuts, Peter served the turkey to his family and friends. (C) A decision was finally reached after reviewing all of the facts available. (D) They failed the experiment, not having studied the lab manual carefully.
(A) Singing at the top of his voice, the song irritated everybody at the party.:這個句子不正確。這裡的分詞構句「Singing at the top of his voice」看起來是指代「the song」,但這不合邏輯,因為「歌曲」不可能唱歌。這應該是指「某個人」唱歌,因此主語應該改為「He」。
(B) Stuffed with chestnuts, Peter served the turkey to his family and friends.:這個句子不正確。這裡的分詞構句「Stuffed with chestnuts」看起來是指代「Peter」,但實際上應該是指「turkey」,因此這個句子的結構不正確。應改為「Peter served the turkey, which was stuffed with chestnuts, to his family and friends.」。
(C) A decision was finally reached after reviewing all of the facts available.:這個句子是正確的。這裡的結構清晰且邏輯合理,表示「在審查了所有可用的事實後,最終作出了決定」。
(D) They failed the experiment, not having studied the lab manual carefully.:這個句子是正確的。分詞構句「not having studied the lab manual carefully」正確地指代了句子的主語「They」。
正確答案:(C) A decision was finally reached after reviewing all of the facts available.