大全267. During the nineteenth century Emily Eden and Fanny Parks journeyed throughout India, sketching and keeping journals forming the basis of news reports about the princely states where they had visited.
(A) forming the basis of news reports about the princely states where they had
(B) that were forming the basis of news reports about the princely states
(C) to form the basis of news reports about the princely states which they have
(D) which had formed the basis of news reports about the princely states where they had（E）
(E) that formed the basis of news reports about the princely states they
In choice A it is not immediately clear whether forming modifies journals or parallels sketching and keeping. Also, where they had visited is wordy and inappropriate for a simple reference to past events. Choice B does not establish who visited the princely states, and that were forming should be that formed. Choice C is unclear because to form could be read as either in order to form or so as to form, and the present perfect have visited does not agree with the past tense journeyed. In choice D, as in choice a, where they had is faulty, and had formed suggests that the journals and news reports existed before the journey. E is best for this question of average difficulty.
As to 3:会有歧义。在句中如果用“to”，可以认为句意是“in order to ”,成为有主观意识的行为。而句意表达的是他们的“sketching and keeping journals ”成为“the basis of news reports ”并不是“Emily Eden and Fanny Parks ”想要的目的。
1.我想这道题，实际考到了doing和that从句，做形容词成分修饰名词的区别，一般情况下我认为区别不大，至少ETS在考题中并不经常作为判断正确与否的考点，但有时在可能产歧义的情况下，还是要区别的。本题就是一个比较特别的例子。sketching and keeping journals作伴随状语，相当于副词，我不敢肯定的说副词和副词并列一定要and，但形容词是可以省的，从OG的解释中来看，它认为forming可以被认为是状语平行于sketching and keeping 词，这样就造成歧义，不知forming修饰journals还是作状语。因此，用that定语从句就避免了这种歧义，这里that定语从句就比doing显得好。
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