In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.
Restorers say that if allowed to remove and replace the discolored layer of varnish on the Mona Lisa, the colors Leonardo da Vinci painted nearly five hundred years ago will once again shine through. A. If B. if it is C. if they are D. when E. when it is
It is good to eat fruit. 这里的to do也有目的的含义吗?我觉得就是简单的不定式做主语。不过,我后来想了想,用they的话,动作的实行者更加清楚,主从句之间的联系更加紧密,结构因此更加紧凑,而这是GMAT比较喜欢的句子结构。您觉得是不是这个原因?另外,我想做一个假设。如果答案给的是B,我们就会来解释C为什么不对。我们有没有可能去解释说,they指代不清,特别是它本身在从句里,非常有可能指代colors本身。这不是指代不清吗? 更进一步,对于这种情况,我一般都很困惑。。。有时候GMAT会说colors本身不能去remove和replace,因此,they不会指代colors;有时候,GMAT又会说they就是指代不清。。。。我记得有一题:
In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repairdue to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizingand fungus was growing on the walls.
(A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing
(B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled, thereby raising its humidity to such levels that salt from the stone would crystallize
(C) because tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
It is good to eat fruit. 这里的to do也有目的的含义吗?我觉得就是简单的不定式做主语。不过,我后来想了想,用they的话,动作的实行者更加清楚,主从句之间的联系更加紧密,结构因此更加紧凑,而这是GMAT比较喜欢的句子结构。您觉得是不是这个原因?另外,我想做一个假设。如果答案给的是B,我们就会来解释C为什么不对。我们有没有可能去解释说,they指代不清,特别是它本身在从句里,非常有可能指代colors本身。这不是指代不清吗? 更进一步,对于这种情况,我一般都很困惑。。。有时候GMAT会说colors本身不能去remove和replace,因此,they不会指代colors;有时候,GMAT又会说they就是指代不清。。。。我记得有一题:
In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repairdue to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizingand fungus was growing on the walls.
(A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing
(B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled, thereby raising its humidity to such levels that salt from the stone would crystallize
(C) because tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
在正确的答案里,they是指restorer。to do未必就是有表达目的的意思:it is good to eat fruit. 代词指代是很低层次的rule,但是,我觉得B也没什么不好的,除了动作执行者不是非常清楚。即便按照选项的存在意义来说的话,they也是有可能模糊指代,进而造成歧义的。我想说的是,B虽然不是很完美,但是,C同样有问题,为什么B的问题更大?