请教一道语法JJ 2(真题)

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B     an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C     so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

E so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications



参考答案 E


明白的能讲讲吗? 特别是SO MUCH, SO MUCH AS 的用法.

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ETS关于so much和so much as(以下均来自GMAT/GRE/LSAT CR, RC):

ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact—real Amazonian societies—but rather to offer “moral lessons” on the supposed outcome of women’s rule in their own society

The surface temperature would be so much lower that the oceans might be a solid mass (solid mass: 实体) of ice. (表示程度)

Bearden’s true significance lies not so much in his own work as in his efforts to help other minority artists（比较）

this is not so much a weakness in her work as it is the inevitable result of scholars’ neglect of this period.（比较）

    It has also been proposed that just because we know so much about people intuitively（程度、多少）

this plant starts to grow rapidly in the lake, using up so much silica from the water that by late spring there is no longer enough to maintain its own growth. （多少）

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.fficeffice" />

B.     an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C.     so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D.     so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

E.     so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

ohayo：肯定形式so much… that引导结果状语（有的语法书认为so…that引导程度状语）。本题和此肯定形式无关，不用考虑。

本题考的应该是否定形式的so much: not so much…as/but, not…so much as/but, not so much as和not so much that… but/as (that), 还有限制和非限制修饰。

ohayo： not so much as是个副词（注意，4个单词连在以一起，没有别的成分在中间）=not even,和比较无关，本题没有使用这个用法.

１，not so much…as/but, not…so much as/but: 与其说是…不如说是。but和as可以互换，在这里是同义。

A是not…so much as, B 是 not so much… as, C是 not so much…but, E是not so much…but. 对于not so much的用法来说，都是对的，也没有比较的问题。

２，not so much that… but/as (that)意思：不是…而是。第一个that不可以省略，第二个可以。

D是 not so much …, but(that), 前后不平行，前面接短语，后面接分句。所以D排除。另外，D的like应该为such as, D的certain medications causing a reaction和后面的成分不平行。

３，只有E使用非限制性的修饰，句子意思可以理解，maybe后的成分作同位语补充说明problem。

A,B,C都是用限制性修饰，排除。另外，B的like应该为such as, C的as simple as when篡改了句子意思。

Weiyu: symptomatic在这一句话里形容词作表语.实际上用symptom和symtomatic作表语都是可以的。所以，如果A不用限制性修饰，就是对的。

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A. a symptom of another problem that may be a reaction, anxiety, or stress.

That从句限制性修饰problem: 另一个可能是a reaction, anxiety, or stress的毛病。隐含的意思是这个毛病只能是a reaction, 这一种anxiety, or 这一种stress中的一个。

E. symptomatic of another problem, maybe a reaction , anxiety, or stress.

这里，problem可能是任何另一个毛病，可能是a reaction , anxiety, or stress中的一个，也可能是另外的某个毛病: 比如anxiety of something else, stress of something else或别的什么毛病等等。


A从语法上讲没有问题，但是从逻辑意思上分析不严谨。同时，用定语从句修饰，不如直接用名词修饰简洁。


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