SOS~~
烦请高手们帮忙解惑，感激不尽！

1)Let us suppose:the strength of steel and the temperature of boiling water
would vary ______ whether human lives were threatened by a given situation.
(a) deciding on (b)dependent on (c) depend on (d) depending on


2)Because people often have illusions that we can see ourselves in the
biographies of famous people,screen biographies tend to be dramatically
______.
(a)satisfy (b) satisfied (c) unsatisfied (d) unsatisfying

(此题我是直接删除a了，因为satisfy是及物动词吧...后面要接受词......?)


注1：steel钢、vary改变(←一开始还看走眼...以为是very呢...呵)
注2：illusion幻觉、screen此处不知是否翻译成萤幕...唉...

解答：D、D

PS:此考题出自倪老师的96年初等总复习讲义...当时挺混的...没练....唉....放了这么久才拿出来晒太阳。

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pups83 于 2007/12/30 下午 01:29:00 回应 ~

1: Depending on is a preposition meaning ” according to “. Vary is often followed by a preposition when referring to the meaning “different “.

2:(a) is obviously a verb which doesn’t work in the context, so we can eliminate (a) immediately.
As regards the rest of choices, let us consider the use of past participle adjectives vs. -ing adjectives.
There are two kinds of participial adjectives.
The -ing adjective describes the person or thing that causes the action or feeling.
The past participle adjective describes the person or thing receiving the action or feeling.
In the sentence , screen biographies are causing the feeling, so that's why the -ing adjective(unsatisfying) is required.


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这位高人的解说让我对于第2题豁然开朗，(感恩！)
谈谈我的感想，也请大家不吝指教！(3Q)
第2题是"情绪性动词转换成分词"的判别，
爰此，"萤幕自传"要接「引起感受、令人觉得」的ing形容词，
而非「接受、感觉到」的pp形容词。

第1题，
我尚有些困惑，意思是：
vary后须接介系词，"Depending on "是介系词片语，
而不能接"depend on"是因为它是"动词"+意思会变成"依赖"而不同于"according to "吗？
那...假设选项中有"depended on"，是因为depend本就有被动的意思、没人这样说吗？
烦请高手解惑，谢谢！

不是高手(只是对英文有兴趣)
还是想和楼主讨论一下下

1)Let us suppose:the strength of steel and the temperature of boiling water
would vary ______ whether human lives were threatened by a given situation.
(a) deciding on (b)dependent on (c) depend on (d) depending on

第一题我觉得是动词而不是prep.(depend on 应该是phrasal verb(片语动词/动词片语))
depend(动词)转为depending(Ving:有主动之意)引导whether子句修饰前头的vary
题目的意思翻成中文为:钢的硬度与滚水温度会____人类性命是否遭受威胁而改变
答案中a和d的选项均为Ving(主动)
根据题意
选择depending on (...依据)而非deciding on(....决定)

2)Because people often have illusions that we can see ourselves in the
biographies of famous people,screen biographies tend to be dramatically
______.
(a)satisfy (b) satisfied (c) unsatisfied (d) unsatisfying

第二题从情绪动词的用法来判断即使看不懂句子也能选出正确的答案
情绪动词的p.p.当形容词使用
用来修饰人
情绪动词的Ving当形容词使用
用来修饰物
所以答案里头只有D可以用来修饰物 -- screen biograhpies
以上个人浅见仅供参考

十分谢谢dejavuPacino 大大的分享，
大大针对第1题的A所说的，与pups83大大一样，^___^
我知道A可以删除啦~ 3Q
我仍存在的疑惑，正如1楼所贴，为啥米...要加ing呢？
为何两个动词放一起，后面那个变分词就可以呢？ (泪)

第2题的部份，
对大大所言略有不同想法，
情绪动词的Ving当形容词使用不只用来修饰物，
EX:
Ella is the best interesting girl that I've ever met.
如果死记那个规则，不太保险喔......
再次谢谢大大的回应！