[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 是用来修饰after的副词,gold当主词,after是介系词,加上后面的子句可以当修饰语,修饰主句的述部,
其它的组合:
A是 soon的位置放错了.
BC是会多一组动词,
E多了一个soon.
严格说起来, 时间副词与地点副词并用时, 地点在前, 时间在后,
故when gold soon was discovered there.
应改为 when gold was discovered there soon.为宜,
但这并非绝对, 次序相反使用情况也很普遍, 不能完全算错;
或者时间副词移到be动词之后也是可以的。
因为soon为副词。一般副词应放在be动词之后，一般动词之前。
所以when gold soon was discovered there.为错的，
应为when gold was soon discovered there.
※soon
ad. (副词 adverb)
时间副词
不久,很快地
※soon after 是ph. (片语 phrase) = 在...后不久
例:
◎天黑后不久 = soon after dark
这里的dark不是形容词哦！
而是名词，
指的是黄昏或夜晚。
◎He arrived soon after three.
三点才过他便到了。
◎normally I watch TV soon after dinner.
通常我晚饭后会马上看电视.
※prospector
n. 勘探者,探矿者[C]
one who searches for valuable
minerals, as gold, silver, etc.
(以上参自网路资讯+自己的看法。若有错误，烦请高手不吝指正，谢谢
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