OG12- 43 Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many are
members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
(A) about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many
(B) of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a population of only four million, and many
(C) that is about the same size as Great Britain’s land area, but in Laos with a population of only four million people, many of them
(D) comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many
(E) comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom
这道题对于C选项为何一直没有个确切解释。。。 正确答案是E我没有异议 但是C错误给出的解释是them指代不清。。。它到底是会引起什么样的误解啊??在我看来them只可能指代前文的people啊。。。 我到觉得C错了是因为many前面缺少了连词连接两个句子。。。 强烈呼唤NN的指点啊。。。话说我搜到的这道题的解释都没有很明白的。。。
-- by 会员 joyce22 (2010/4/25 16:02:54)
我也选的C,感觉能指代people,刚才看了些解释贴,下面这个我觉得挺好:
1)What is "them" referring to? It can't be referring to either country; a country would take a singular pronoun. Logically, it should be referring to Laotians, or Laotian people... but those words are not in the sentence.
2)One thing i've found is that the GMAT does not often allow antecedents that are buried deep in the sentence. "people" is buried under three layers of prepositions and is therefore not going to be your antecedent here.
好像明白了一点,不知道我理解的对不对,就是后面的代词会优先指代前面的主干名词,而前面的成分“……,but……,……”疑似一个插入成分,而且people还是介词后面的修饰中。所以them指代不了它。我理解的对吗?欢迎大家批评指正~
-- by 会员 hellen7 (2011/8/24 16:11:43)