求助SC700-800上的一道题！

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Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population.

A. causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination as many as

B. causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and eliminating as much as

C. resulting in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as much as

D. and resulted in mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

E. causing mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as

key:C

首先感谢各位uu，顺祝各位uu考试顺利、申请顺利！

本题错选了D，解析上是说poor weather不可以导致mass starvation（这个split已理解）;

但是正选C中，resulting的逻辑主语不也是poor weather嘛？

虽然说本题也可以用排除法将“cause the result of ” & "as many as"排除掉，但是C就是想不通呀

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Qingmangmiao 发表于 2022-9-9 23:15
选项C中，resulting的逻辑主语不是weather，而是前面整个句子（即poor weather导致meager harvest这整件事 ...

aha!我懂了，之前忽略了“，V-ing”可表因果了 谢谢朋友，祝一切顺利！

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选项C中，resulting的逻辑主语不是weather，而是前面整个句子（即poor weather导致meager harvest这整件事）。逗号+doing的结构，放在句尾，常表示前面句子产生的结果。