OG104

104. The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian--vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, and meat rarely.

(A) and meat rarely

(B) and meat was rare

(C) with meat as rare

(D) meat a rarity

(E) with meat as a rarity

The best answer here must qualify the statement made in the main clause. The diet... was largely vegetarian: it cannot be treated as part of the list of vegetarian foods. In other words, the best answer must logically and grammatically attach to the main clause when the list is omitted . Choice A fails this test: The diet. . . was largely vegetarian, and meat rarely. D fails also, because it lacks a function word such as with to link it to the main clause. The wording of choice B is imprecise and ambiguous--for example, it could mean that meat was scarce, or that it was not well done or medium. Choice C is unidiomatic. Clearly phrased, grammatically linked, and idiomati­cally sound, choice E is best.

如果A改成and rarely meat对不对?这道题完全找不到感觉，能不能麻烦哪位NN给详细讲讲。我现在能理解的是，这个meat应该是和前面largely vegetarian--vegetables并列的，但是我感觉5个答案都不对啊，没有一个并列的。sigh，选项越短越不会选了。

我想meat不能理解成前面的vegetarian并列。

因为句子使用了was做谓语，虽然只要主谓一致，但是这里我想就是强调的vegetarian；

所以A. B. 错误。

D. 这里meat就和前面列举的几个vegetarian食品平列了，不对。

C. as + n.

改后，也不对，在这句话里，

The diet （of the ordinary Greek in classical times） was （largely） vegetarian--（vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes）

在把修饰成分划去后，主语为the diet was vegetarian，独立主格with meat as a rarity是起修饰主语作用的，补充说明这种饮食是不吃肉的。

而vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes是对vegetarian的说明，是V的种类，如果按mm的意思改为，and rarely meat，就发生逻辑错误，肉是素菜的一种，与蔬菜、cheese等并列

这里并没有考并列的关系，而是考修饰的关系，OG里说The best answer here must qualify the statement made in the main clause.就是这个意思

本句考点：

1. 独立主格with修饰主语

2. as+n

I will be with you as your partner.

The natives are with knifes as dacaration.

看了很多NN的讨论，还是对A很迷惑！
A ： the diet .. was largely vegetarian, and meat rarely. 的错误是不是在于形容词词组"largely vegetarian"不能与名词词组"meat rarely"并列？

我觉得meat可以和vegetarian并列啊，a 选项如果改为and rare meat ，和largely vegetarian对应是否就对了呢？