OG186,请指教

186. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel.

(A)  to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to

(B)  that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to

(C)  under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in

(D)  that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in

(E)   to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be con­fined to

In this sentence, members of the jury are presented with two options: they may (1) go home or (2) be confined to a hotel. The rejected motion would have allowed them to do the first rather than [to] suffer the second. Members of the jury must be the logical subject of both options, and both must be expressed in parallel form, that is, as infinitive clauses. E, the best choice, observes these requirements. 主语一致

In A and C, the phrase members of the jury is not the logical subject of the second option, to confine them or confining them, since jury members are not doing the confining.

In B and D, confined and confinement are not infinitives and thus do not parallel to go in the first option.

??Why confine is not parallel to allow, but parallel to go. In my point of view, It should be motion will  allow members of the jury to go home rather than confine them to a hotel

想想觉得此题如果让 be confined to 与 allow 平行主要是从逻辑上讲不通：

B 法官拒绝了一个运动允许陪审团成员在每天结束后回家，而不是拒绝一个运动被关在一个酒店里

从对称的原则来讲：go home 和 be confined to a hotel 是完全对称的，go 是主动，confine 是被动，二者由 rather than 连接起来构成了motion的两个平行的选择

Thanks srzhang, sr 而不是拒绝一个运动被关在一个酒店里,  I mean 而不是一个 将限制他们在 hotel的运动.

不知以下这种解释是否真确, why ETS没提到呢?  请指教

Instead of is prep, + N / doing     so  instead of confined to 错

Rather than is conj, + V / N/ 句子   

If allow 和 confine parallel, 后半部分最好用从句

该题我想用排除法可以得出唯一的答案E，象A和B的介词OF后接动名词；C和D的主、被动不可以平行，以及动词GO和CONFINEMENT不可以平行。如果理解跟ALLOW的平行，则句子的框架是：denied a motion to do sth. rather than (to) be confined to ...；如果理解成GO平行，则为 denied to motion to allow sb to do sth. rather than (to) be confined to...。我的感觉从语法上两者都可以接受，或者顶多说前者读起来别扭。但从逻辑上前者是不可以理解的。

你说的“If allow 和 confine parallel, 后半部分最好用从句”好像也有点意思，这样可以避免表达的不清晰

Many thanks, you said it. why my first impression is allow --confine?

I still am confused on why ETS never notice the former? think about it later........

我跟楼主一个问题

我怎么就没明白？？

以下是引用GMATCRACKER1983在2005-4-21 19:22:00的发言：

ＯＧ　１８６的意思问题？ 186. Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to a hotel. (A)  to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to (B)  that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to (C)  under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining them in (D)  that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in (E)   to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be con­fined to 请问这里的ＴＯ　ＡＬＬＯＷ～～～～～～～～～～这个不定式是修饰　Ａ　ＭＯＴＩＯＮ　的？还是ＪＵＤＧＥ　ＤＥＮＹ　ＴＨＥ　ＭＯＴＩＯＮ　的目的？既ＪＵＤＧＥ　是希望让陪审员们回家还是不希望？谢谢～！

In this sentence, members of the jury are presented with two options: they may (1) go home or (2) be confined
to a hotel. The rejected motion would have allowed them to do the first rather than [to] suffer the second.

其实OG已经说明白了，就是希望他们回家，我觉得to allow 。。。。是表示目的吧，应该不是修饰谁？他们denied  motion从而容许。。。。。

看这个帖子，前辈们讨论的很清楚了（你一定偷懒没看完链接）http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&star=2&replyid=366482&id=44008&skin=0&page=1

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