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GWD-10-Q22:GWD-11-14

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.

A.      banked with dirt to a height of

B.      banked with dirt as high as that of

C.      banked them with dirt to a height of

D.      was banked with dirt as high as

E.       was banked with dirt as high as that of

答案是A

我觉得这道题的结构很晕，我是这样分析的：

The single-family house (主语)constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical （谓语）in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and
                banked （应该是与谓语并列啊） with dirt to a height of three to four feet.

如果选A，句子结构就是banked与overlaid并列了。

这里的and到底连接的是哪两个分句？句子结构有歧义。

如果从句意来看，我觉得两种理解都是可以的。

我认为这里的过去分词banked是和overlaid并列，修饰framework，虽然从语法上来说（,and）的结构既可以和主句宾列也可以和后面的独立主格并列，但是从逻辑层次上来说跟主句并列并不好，即便不能从并列层次上区分，分析D，E选项也完全可以从语法上将其排除，只剩下和独立主格并列的可能。

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.

A.      banked with dirt to a height of

B.      banked with dirt as high as that of

C.      banked them with dirt to a height of

D.      was banked with dirt as high as－dirt和three to four feet不能比较

E.       was banked with dirt as high as that of－dirt和dirt of three to four feet比较，比较本身就很awkward，翻译过来逻辑意思也很奇怪（dirt of three to four feet，这个dirt也太大了吧，^_^） ；相反A选项逻辑意思很清楚framework用dirt be banked to a heigh of...；

 谢谢回复，但不能说服我。为什么你可以说从逻辑层次上来说跟主句并列并不好

恩，这道题目从逻辑上对于我们没有专业背景的人来讲很难判断was banked(D选项)跟was concial平行还是banked与overlaid平行.但是可以把选项narrow到A和D之间，以前做过的题目如果后面是跟数字一般来讲还是用to a height of这样的形式，或许这是gmat出题的一个惯例吧，如果不是比较就不用比较，这样比较“中性”.

ps,补充张图片这种single-family的图片： 

以下是引用aeoluseros在2009-7-4 2:37:00的发言：

恩，这道题目从逻辑上对于我们没有专业背景的人来讲很难判断was banked(D选项)跟was concial平行还是banked与overlaid平行.但是可以把选项narrow到A和D之间，以前做过的题目如果后面是跟数字一般来讲还是用to a height of这样的形式，或许这是gmat出题的一个惯例吧，如果不是比较就不用比较，这样比较“中性”.

ps,补充张图片这种single-family的图片： 

aeoluseros太牛了,还有图片说明哦!

buy in 这个解释，我觉得这样想我就想得通。

谢谢wittyhunter

overlaid后面有with，bank后面也有with
这样也可以判断一下bank和谁对应

Vivian：客气了

Sheery分析的有道理

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