标题: After 12 hours, hostage~~beat Gmat题目精问~~ [打印本页] 作者: 旺财财 时间: 2014-9-5 22:27 标题: After 12 hours, hostage~~beat Gmat题目精问~~ After 12 hours, hostage negotiators finally resolved a situation involving three bank robbers and 35 hostages; their efforts were rewarded generously by the grateful bank management.
A. involving three bank robbers and 35 hostages; their
B. involving three bank robbers and 35 hostages; the hostages'
C. which involved three bank robbers and 35 hostages; their
D. that involved three bank robbers and 35 hostages; the negotiators'
E. involving three bank robbers and 35 hostages; the negotiators'
I can't see where D is "wrong", so this may not be a perfect question. I'd say that, if anything, there's a pretty good argument for D in that "that" clearly modifies "the situation", whereas "involving" could theoretically correspond to the negotiators (the negotiators involved the hostages and robbers in solving the situation).
If you made that decision (D over E because of the modification of "the situation"), I'd say you're thinking the right way. The only justification I could see for E is "brevity", but that rationale typically belies another true error that lends itself to a longer, more cumbersome sentence. I don't think D really does that...作者: 旺财财 时间: 2014-9-5 22:40
xjl4428 发表于 2014-9-5 22:33
我个人觉得E吧？？？
为什么呢，求解释一下~~~作者: yx06tu 时间: 2014-9-6 00:58
这题当初我排除D的时候是靠语感，总觉得 'a situation' 应该改成 'the situation', 因为that引导的限定性定语从句。
