[D] Prospectors rushed to San Francisco in 1800s ______ was discovered there.
A)after gold soon
B)they found gold
C) gold was soon after
D) soon after gold
E) when gold soon
soon 是用來修飾after的副詞,gold當主詞,after是介系詞,加上後面的子句可以當修飾語,修飾主句的述部,
其它的組合:
A是 soon的位置放錯了.
BC是會多一組動詞,
E多了一個soon.
嚴格說起來, 時間副詞與地點副詞並用時, 地點在前, 時間在後,
故when gold soon was discovered there.
應改為 when gold was discovered there soon.為宜,
但這並非絕對, 次序相反使用情況也很普遍, 不能完全算錯;
或者時間副詞移到be動詞之後也是可以的。
因為soon為副詞。一般副詞應放在be動詞之後，一般動詞之前。
所以when gold soon was discovered there.為錯的，
應為when gold was soon discovered there.
※soon
ad. (副詞 adverb)
時間副詞
不久,很快地
※soon after 是ph. (片語 phrase) = 在...後不久
例:
◎天黑後不久 = soon after dark
這裡的dark不是形容詞哦！
而是名詞，
指的是黃昏或夜晚。
◎He arrived soon after three.
三點才過他便到了。
◎normally I watch TV soon after dinner.
通常我晚飯後會馬上看電視.
※prospector
n. 勘探者,探礦者[C]
one who searches for valuable
minerals, as gold, silver, etc.
(以上參自網路資訊+自己的看法。若有錯誤，煩請高手不吝指正，謝謝
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