SAT官方每日一题之写作---改进句子:
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 having controversial paintings of women.
Answer Choices
(A) for having
(B) for the
(C) for his
(D) because he had
(E) because he made
The correct answer is C
Explanation
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.

