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标题: PREP语法一道 [打印本页]

作者: TheAssembly 时间: 2009-10-12 14:53
标题: PREP语法一道

Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products of natural selection, favored due to their enhancement of reproduction or survival, but that they are simply random by-products of other evolutionary developments.

(D) because they enhance reproduction or survival, but are

(E) because of enhancing reproduction or survival, but are

完全没头绪。FAVORED指什么意思呢？

答案是D

作者: amumu 时间: 2009-10-12 16:06
我理解：favored是修饰selection，because+从句比 because of 好，所以选D。

意思应该是“不是因为他们繁衍或者生存需要而偏重的那些自然选择的产物，而是其他进化的副产品”

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