At the turn of the twentieth century, forest covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them domesticated and performing various essential tasks.
At the turn of the twentieth century, forest covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them domesticated and performing various essential tasks.
A.covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them
B.covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand accommodated as much as 300,000 elephants, and a third of them were
C.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodated as much as 300,000 elephants, with a third
D.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodated as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them
E.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, with a third of them 我怎么感觉这个题选E呢! 因为domestic 和 performing 是两个分词并列啊! 如果选D, 岂不是 a third of them 变为主语? 那就不平行了啊! 怪哉怪哉!! 答案是D
domesticated and performing 分词形式并列修饰 a third of them, “a third of them domesticated and performing various essential tasks” 作伴随情况修饰elephants,很清晰。 a third of them 作主语的话需要谓语动词,而这里没有。
E 想用with做伴随情况出现,弄巧成拙,不知道with是修饰forest呢还是修饰elephants。故错。