100. The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in motion just as the planets are, yet being so far away from Earth that their apparent positions in the sky do not change enough for their movement to be observed during a single human lifetime.
(A) The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in motion just as the planets are, yet being
(B) Like the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are
(C) Although like the planets the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, yet
(D) As the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are
(E) The stars are in motion like the planets, some of which at tremendous speeds are in motion but
Grammatical construction; Rhetorical
The first part of the original sentence intends to compare stars and planets; the comparison would be more effective at the beginning of the sentence: Like the planets, the stars. This alternative construction would lead the reader to expect the verb are immediately following the subject, and then the completion of the clause, in motion. Q1The modifying phrase, some of them at tremendousspeeds, is best placed after motion. This whole construction, Like the planets, the stars are inmotion, some of them at tremendous speeds, is a main clause and must be followed by a comma before a coordinating conjunction (such as yet or but)
introduces a second main clause. The second clause must have a subject and a verb; being is
neither and must be replaced with they are.
A Placements of the modifying phrase and the comparison are awkward and ineffective;
being provides neither a subject nor a verb for the second main clause.
B Correct. The comparison is clear and effective in this sentence; the second clause
includes a subject and a verb.
C Both although and yet indicate contrast, so only one of them may be used; wordy,
awkward phrasing leads to an ungrammatical construction that lacks a
subject and verb for the second clause.
D The preposition like must be used for a comparison of two nouns; the subordinating
conjunction as would need to introduce a subordinate clause.
E Placement of like the planets is awkward; Q2some of which is awkward and ambiguous;arein motion is said twice; subject and verb of the second clause are omitted.
The correct answer is B.
Q1：如果说some of them at tremendousspeeds是修饰短语，不是应该放在它做修饰的名词 star 后面最好么？？为什么说放在 motion后面最好了？？
Q2：some of which怎么就awkward and ambiguous了，我看到bat 前辈的一个帖子上讲which 后面应该跟完整的句子，这一点没有异议，正确的句子应该是The stars are in motion, some of which are at tremendous speeds.我想知道 some of which are at tremendous speeds. 是一个什么结构，如果是修饰的话，which不应该紧跟它所修饰的名词么？？呼唤bat！！！
最后请哪位NN能分析一下这个句子的结构。。。不慎感激。。。
谢谢~~~
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