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天山2. Those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark the passage of time like the rings in a tree trunk.
(A) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark
(B) see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors mark
(C) been seeing layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors are markers of
(D) been able to see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors marking
(E) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, marking by different colors

这里是大全解释里面摘抄Kaplan的解释：
The key to getting the right answer for this question is recognizing that the underlined portion of the sentence should not contain pronoun. The answer choices give you the option of replacing with different colors with whose different colors but the second option is wrong because, if you added whose, it could refer to thelayers or the Canon, and whenever a pronoun has more than one possible antecedent (the thing it refer to), it's used incorrectly. Eliminate (B) and (C). (A) is correct.
Eliminate (E) as well because the subject of "marking" is similarly unclear; is it the layer or the Canyon this is marking the passage of time? And (A) is better than (D) because, once again, see is better than the wordier alternative been able to see. (A) is correct

这是大全解释自己的注解（可是答案居然不同，可见Gemj和Jnlvo在答案上有分歧啊）
A中“,with different colors that mark”感觉应该理解成状语修饰主句或者说就是修饰前面的动词seen。参考og113或大全915。
B, C的whose修饰不清。
D的able to多余; 如果with different colors marking是个独立主格结构表原因, 将这个结构还原 because different colors mark the passage of time like the rings, those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically
been able to see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, 但mark和be able to see没有明显的因果关系; 如果
because layers’ colors marking the passage of time like the rings is different, those…been able to see….意思上可能合理。
E中marking修饰不清。

我虽然看着D不顺眼，不过A好象A错的更离谱。后面的with different colors (that从句是修饰成分）不是独立主格，而是一个孤单单的介词结构。介词结构可以放在句中，放在句末对吗？

也就是说，我见过句子，介词结构，句子。但是没见过：句子，介词结构，起码我以with为例在大全里面没有找到。

请问这种句子，介词结构是不是错的？大家有没有见过它是正确的？

我也觉得a比较别扭，但是找到了下面一个例子，不知道能不能说明问题。

    Under the restructuring, the huge organization that operates the company’s basic businesses will be divided into five groups, each with its own executive.

(A) each with its own executive

(B) all having their own executive

(C) each having their own executive

(D) with its own executive for each

(E) every one with an executive of their own

答案a

我做题时选了A,看这E也挺顺眼的.

这题请NN解答把.

但愿考试没这种变态题.

Those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark the passage of time like the rings in a tree trunk.
(A) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark
(E) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, marking by different colors

A is clear and concise,just as good as it can be.

E is not right b/c the clause marking by different colors has several mistakes: 1) Marking refers to who? 2) to make it worse, is this passive? 3)awkward

Hence, the correct answer is A

 将这个结构还原 because different colors mark the passage of time like the rings, those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically
been able to see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, 但mark和be able to see没有明显的因果关系; 如果
because layers’ colors marking the passage of time like the rings is different, those…been able to see….意思上可能合理。

这话什么意思？？？

是怎么把have been able to see 排出的？

don't understand what you mean? why do you want to change it to 因果关系?

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Last but not least, thanks for the reply.