求教，prep破解 第70题 请指点

pinkmagic

70.    (28271-!-item-!-188;#058&003560)

It is unclear whether chimpanzees are unique among nonhuman species in their ability to learn behaviors from one another, or if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found.

(A) if, when other animals are studied in as much depth, similar patterns would be found
(B) if other animals were studied with as much depth they would exhibit similar patterns
(C) would similar patterns be found in other animals if they were studied in as much depth
(D) whether similar patterns would be exhibited in other animals that were studied with as much depth
(E) whether other animals would exhibit similar patterns if they were studied in as much depth

这道题正确答案选E, 可是我觉得如果选E的话，they既可以指代other animals 也可以指代similar patterns，是不是会出现指代不清的情况。 如果不会出现指代不清，为什么呢？

麻烦给为好心人帮我解答一下。谢谢了

bitieming

代词指代可以指代主句，也可以指代就近相符名词。具体指代对象。。。真的要靠逻辑含义去判断（已经无力吐槽这句话。。。）
另外好的句子“一般”会尽量避逻辑含义判断的情况，在遇到逻辑含义判断不明时，一定指代错误。当逻辑含义判断清楚时，寻找其他考点吧。。。不要在一棵树上吊死。。。
比如此题DE判断时，they符合逻辑判断条件，但是DE还有一个明显的主被动区别，未划线部分句子为主动，则显然后面主动的句子更加favorable。

tears4ever

是不是因为前面已经有了一个their,根据指代一致原则，默认了后面的they不能只带patterns，这个有点循环论证的感觉啊

tears4ever

同问，求nn解释

daobei

是不是因为是if条件状语从句，所以they不能指代patterns