OG 12-28关于“，based on ”的理解

smileGMAT1 · 发表于 2012-2-22 14:01:48

28.Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal
Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate
society, based on cultivating such crops like corn
and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and
exploiting other wild and domestic resources.

(A)based on cultivating such crops like corn and
beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and
exploiting

(B)based on the cultivation of such crops as corn
and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood,
and the exploitation of（正确选项B）

(C)and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn
and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the
exploiting of

(D)and they based it on their cultivation of crops
such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and
seafood, and exploiting

(E)and they based it on their cultivatingsuch crops
like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and
shellfish, and they exploited

选择B，并无异议，然而对于这个省略有点纠结。根据逻辑语义，based on 的 subject 是 elaborate society。Elaborate society ,（which is ) based on the cultivation ..... 总觉得based on 前面的comma 怪怪的。开始理解的时候还以为based on 为 mochica 的动作，来修饰整个句子。那位大牛帮俺梳理一下吧！

smileGMAT1 · 发表于 2012-2-22 14:15:47

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-453723-1-1.html
看到这篇神帖，很赞啊。这种理解是GMAC下的陷阱！！！小心防备！！！

smileGMAT1 · 发表于 2012-2-22 14:23:48

In general, the noun modifier (过去分词) must precede or follow immediately after the noun it modifies, as the GMAC generally follows this rule.

OG 12-28关于“，based on ”的理解

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