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1.        A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.

(A) it was only the second published by an American woman

(B) it was only the second that an American woman published

(C) the second one only published by an American woman

(D) the second one only that an American woman published（E）

(E) only the second published by an American woman

我觉得这里only无论放在哪都很奇怪，所以想问一下only修饰有什么特点，比如E中怎样看出only究竟是修饰哪个词呢？

麻烦解答，谢谢：）

braveMBA:

22、两点意见：
1） ONLY的位置的变化可能会改变句子的意思，所以我一般慎重对待A选项中的最高级等词的位置。你可以再琢磨一下C和E在ONLY位置发生变化时的意思的变化。
2）C中的one是多余的，wordy.

谢谢iamwwh和braveMBA的解答

如果按照it was多余排除AB，one多余排除CD，则选E

而且从A答案看，直接省略it was也可以得到E

此外published by an American woman比that an American woman published简略，且重点突出

CD中only造成的感觉是修饰published by an American woman，而E中only感觉是修饰the second，对吧？