TT GWD-1-23

Q23:

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.

1. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
2. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
3. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
4. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
5. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

   Answer: D，MINE：A，

为何不用which从句修饰a minority?

同意‘which 就近修饰了california’Answer: D

 同问,应该怎样区分是就近修饰还是跳跃的修饰呢

如果说这里Which跳跃修饰了前面主句的中心词，那么这个中心词只能是non-Hispanic Whites。

而这里的Whites是复数形式，那么Which之后就应该用Amount，而不是Amounts。

所以，A,B,C都不对。