大全 section 10-16

16. Minnesota is the only one of the contiguous forty-eight states that still has a sizable wolf population, and where this predator remains the archenemy of cattle and sheep.

(A) that still has a sizable wolf population, and where

(B) that still has a sizable wolf population, where

(C) that still has a sizable population of wolves, and where

(D) where the population of wolves is still sizable;

(E) where there is still a sizable population of wolves and where

key: E

why not choose B?

why uses 'where' after 'states' rather than 'that'?

sizable　可以修饰　wolf

也可以修饰 population

如果用that也要用成 in which

I think there are two problems in B.

1. sizable wolf population----unclear. It may confuse people as to think that wolf is sizable.

2. "where" has no clear reference. OG says:

In choice B, the omission of and illogically makes the where ... clause modify wolf

population rather than Minnesota--that is, choice B says in effect that the wolf population is where the wolf