The greatest road system built[ in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending from northern Ecuador through Peru to Southern Chile. A.Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending B.Columbus was the Incan highway, over 2,500 miles in length, and extended C.Columbus , the Incan highway, which was over 2,500 miles in length and extended D.Columbus , the Incan highway, being over 2,500 miles in length, was extended E.Columbus , the Incan highway was over 2,500 miles long, extending 这里选E。作者: venus2elva 时间: 2010-4-15 11:31
曾经也很纠结的一道题。 错选过B.
这里E确实最好，the Incan highway做了The greatest road system的同位语。原本觉得E中将句子表达的主要意思变成了 the Incan highway was over 2,500 miles long，有改变句子重心之嫌，因为原句是说The greatest road system was the Incan highway。后来看帖子才恍然大悟。这句子后面说XXX over 2500 miles long, extending from northern Ecuador 这些表示有多长，延伸到哪里的修饰词，都只能用来修饰highway而不能是修饰The greatest road system.
所以原句想要表达的意思应该是The Incan highway, the greatest road system built[ in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus,was over 2,500 miles long, extending from northern Ecuador through Peru to Southern Chile.