1. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,(C)(E) which is believed to be这道题为什么选择C呢,我觉得她应该用过去式,所以选择了D,求助,谢谢
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回复的有点晚了。呵呵。
个人觉得,首先过去分词在句中或者句末出现时,优先考虑定语的成分。而此处,按照定语就近的原则,被修饰的成分必定是wing-span,而在逻辑上肯定是指Quetzalcoatlus,因此,这样会造成歧义,原来的选项是肯定被排除的。
D不正确,因为it is believed一般不作插入成分。
C我不是很理解,个人觉得是一种无奈之选,因为E中,which指代不明,B中that指代不明,都是硬伤。
但C中it指代就明确了吗?
有人能帮忙解释一下吗?
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