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请教补充250的第177题

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楼主
发表于 2004-6-4 09:31:00 | 只看该作者

请教补充250的第177题

很早以前有讨论过,但是没懂:(

177. Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used as a secret language to communicate with other members of the herd.

(A) Believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, elephants emit low-frequency sounds that may be used

(B) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds that are believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, and they may use this

(C) Elephants emit low-frequency sounds, believed to originate from a small area on their foreheads, that they may use

(D) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads; elephants emit low-frequency sounds they may use         (C)

(E) Originating, it is believed, from a small area on their foreheads, low-frequency sounds are emitted by elephants that may be used

C的that紧跟在foreheads后面难道不会被认为是修饰foreheads的?虽然我认为其他选项也明显有问题。要是非选的话我宁可选B


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沙发
发表于 2004-6-4 09:56:00 | 只看该作者

C的that的确是紧跟foreheads,但是,应该注意that前是有逗号的,从ETS限定性和非限定性定语从句的明确分工来看,如果that是用来修饰foreheads的话,要么就换用which,要么这里的逗号就是一个错误;当然,还有一种理解,那就是that前的逗号部分是一个插入语,而that是修饰插入语前的就近名词sounds,于是,理解上就没有问题了。其实,这种限定性定语从句分割修饰的例子在阅读中更为多见,在语法中也时有出现,仔细观察一下会逐渐习惯的。

至于B,首先,that are可以被省略而不改变意思和逻辑;其次,this逻辑上指代sounds(一个复数名词),是个语法错误。

一家之言,望指教。

板凳
发表于 2004-6-5 09:34:00 | 只看该作者
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