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With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B, companies conducting consumer taste tests of foods or beverages typically choose numbers such as 697 or 483 to label the products.

(A) With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B

(B) Because the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations they are aware of

(C) Because of an awareness of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B having connotations

(D) Aware of the connotations of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B（D）

(E) Since the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations associated with them and they are aware of it

答案为D。关于A的错误，《Prep笔记》中解释是罗唆。

今天上了Manhattan GMAT Forums，上边确有另外的解释，大概意思是：with＋n放在句首，等于（along）with＋n，既可以理解为前置状语，又可以理解成为倒装句中主句的第二宾语而产生歧义。比如本题：第二种理解是Companies choose numbers along with awareness.(choose numbers and awareness).

原文：

StaceyKoprince

Post subject:                                            Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:30 pm

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Partially based on meaning, as Saurabh mentions, and partially based on concision. The opening modifier could be construed to mean that companies are doing two somewhat separate things in these tests: (a) choosing certain numbers such as 697 and (b) having an awareness that there are connotations etc. Try reading the original sentence starting with "Along with an awareness that..." and see if this helps you to spot the ambiguity in meaning. (Along) With an awareness that there are connotations associated with her green hair, the witch typically buys newt eyes, not human eyes, when she goes to the store. Is she buying "awareness that there are connotations associated with her green hair" along with newt eyes? Or is she aware that green hair makes her look evil, so she wants to make sure people see her buying innocuous things rather than human eyes? Also, "Aware                                             of                                             the" is a lot more concise than "With an awareness that there are" _________________ Stacey Koprince Instructor Director of Corporate Development ManhattanGMAT

该回帖者是ManhattanGMART的老师。大家觉得呢？

另外，我查了《大全》，with开头的题只有一道（Q987）

讨论一下吧。

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http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1970&hilit=Aware+of+the+connotations