PREP 2012-10探讨

hellozhoujiang · 发表于 2015-11-1 00:18:00

请小伙伴看看这个题目~ 只讨论A,B两个选项
PREP 2012-10
Though the artifacts of pre-Columbian civilization created a stir from the very first European contacts with
the New World in the sixteenth century, it was not until the latter half of the nineteenth century that
Western designers, artists, and crafters were inspired to imitate them.
A. it was not until the latter half of the nineteenth century that Western designers, artists, and crafters
were inspired to imitate them
B. they did not inspire imitations of Western designers, artists, and crafters until it was the latter half of
the nineteenth century

做题时一直在这两个选项之间犹豫，不多想的话似乎答案很好选，正确答案是A
PREP上是这么解释的：
A. Correct. The sentence correctly uses past tense for both past, completed time frames—sixteenth
and nineteenth centuries.
B. There is no referent for the pronoun it.
我觉得以上解释太简略，不能让人信服。
我知道A的 it was that固定搭配，但B的错误原因There is no referent for the pronoun it.如果放在A选项
好像也成立，it同样没有合适的指代对象。并且，我觉得A中them出现在句末有指代不清的嫌疑，因为
句子中出现了多个复数名词，B中they 做句子主语指代the artifacts 从句式上平行，这点也优于A。
我思考了一下，B中it was完全多余，这是我能想到的可能是选项B不如A的地方。

还请小伙伴们谈谈看法。

LOLmaster · 发表于 2015-11-1 01:58:31

对于选项A来说，我记得曼哈顿上有说 It is ..that里面 It可以做placeholder去修饰that后面全部成分。然后那个them虽然要我第一眼也觉得不太好，但是也可以忍受着先看下个选项。。

对于选项B呢，最大的不好就是那个It确实是什么都不能指代。。

要我自己来区分可能也就是这么个想法

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