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167. Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.

(A)  Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes

(B)  Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's

(C)  The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's

(D)  The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the apes’

(E)   The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes

The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably without language. B, the best choice, logically uses Neanderthals as the subject. Choice A also uses this subject, but the plural pronoun those does not agree with its singular antecedent, (A是否还漏了如下错误？即造成误解and so were与resembled平行)a vocal tract. C, D, and E present the inappropriate subject vocal tracts, which cannot logically govern the second member of the predicate (i.e., vocal tracts cannot be said to be without language). Moreover, it is better to use the singular in referring to an anatomical feature common to an entire species; C, D, and E use the plural vocal tracts. D compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one Neanderthal.

不懂哦，为什么会有平行的歧议呢？

Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and (that) so were probably without language

如果理解不了就不要理解了, 这只是一种可能发生的歧义, 而且OG也没有提.

同疑问

6楼的问题实在是好!!!

宾语从句的that是不可以省略的, 但当有两个宾语从句并列的时候, 第二个that的省略要视情况而定. (以下例子均取自OG)

1. 如果两个宾语从句的谓语不一致, that绝对不可以省略, 否则将引起歧义.

10.   However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.

(A) However much United States voters may agree that

(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

(C) Although United States voters agree

(D) Even though United States voters may agree（A）

(E) There is agreement among United States voters that

98.   The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.

(A) integrated more closely than never before and

(B) closely integrated more than ever before so

(C) more closely integrated as never before while

(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that（D）

(E) more than ever before closely integrated as

250. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.

(A) had expected it to and its business will improve

(B) had expected and that its business would improve

(C) expected it would and that it will improve its business

(D) expected them to and its business would improve（B）

(E) expected and that it will have improved its business

2. 如果宾语从句谓语动词一致, that可以省略.

218. Despite protests from some waste-disposal companies, state health officials have ordered the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches to be measured and that the results be published.

(A) the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches to be measured and that the results be

(B) that seawater at popular beaches should be measured for their levels of bacteria, with the results being

(C) the measure of levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches and the results to be

(D) seawater measured at popular beaches for levels of bacteria, with their results（E）

(E) that the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches be measured and the results

这个例子是省略的很极端的例子,  所以我特意把它拿出来. 第二个宾语从句不仅省略了that, 还省略的动词be, 大家要注意.

谢谢斑斑: )

突然发现这是定语从句，那么前面因为怕歧义加了that，后面没有歧义不要加that?