As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.
101. As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.
(A) whose access to water was less limited
(B) where there was access to water that was less limited
(C) where they had less limited water access
(D) with less limitations on water access
(E) having less limitations to water access
以下是看了nn们的整理后总结的,但是仍有些不懂的地方(问题high黄),希望前辈们多多指教!要是有哪里解释错了恳请前辈们提出来!
A正确。
B中"water that was less limited" is wordy。还有什么因素导致不选B吗?总感觉理由不够充分这里的there be有什么问题吗?请教there be用法
C中they指代不明确,可能同格指代指代了MVA。这里可以说介词短语里的名词不能作为后面出现代词的先行词、不能有效指代吗?因为看到了to join other clans(这里to join other clans是我说的介词短语的条件吗?);
less既可以做adv又可以作adj,所以这个句子就有两种理解方法,where they had less (limited water access)&where they had (less limited) water access,这种表达不够好;从句子核心角度讲,A中whose access to water was less limted核心是access is limted,C中核心是they have water access,强调limited更好些。 (BC选项单纯的用where前没有表示地点的先行词排除是不合理的,只有肯定是定语从句条件下才有此规则;这里用where就是状语从句典型用法,用in which就是定语从句修饰clans)这个部分分析的对不对?
D中with介词短语修饰不清,既可以做noun modifier 又可以作adverbial modifier,可能修饰abandoned;less修饰limitations错,应该改为fewer;limitations(limitation to:the act or process of controlling or reducing sth,limitation on: a rule or condition that stops sth from increasing beyond a particular point)介词to更符合原文。