考试类型: Writing > Improving Sentences

Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

A major abstract expressionist painter, Willem de Kooning is best known for havingcontroversial paintings of women.

A. for having

B. for the

C. for his

D. because he had

E. because he made

正确答案:C

解析:

Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the pronoun “his” to indicate that the “controversial paintings” discussed in the sentence were produced by de Kooning.