01年1月语法题疑问

rhyy

13. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as
   the locus of all points -------distances from
   two fixed points is constant.
(A) which as the sum of
   (B) of the sum which
   (C) whose sum of whose
   (D) whose sum that the

水妖的答案是A, 太傻是C, 我选的是A，但是不知道谁的是标准的。

困难是弹簧

这题有点晕也许是我少见多怪，若选项是确信无疑的，我会选C。


我见过下面这个表达：
An ellipse may be defined as the locus of all points, the sum of whose distances from two fixed points remains constant.

yongchou

should be---> C
   A ellipse is the collection of all those points.(I'm not saying "locus"="collection"; just to make it easier to understand.)
   What kind of point ?
   The sum of these points' distances from two piont is constant.
---> Do you see " the sum of ..." and "these points' distances" ? Both are in possessive forms.

彈簧的"the sum of whose distances "比原句常見

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wangang11

我总觉得是不是我们看到的题目出错了，c选项多写个whose