OG12 SC72求救！关于指代问题！

slgbond

Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar,

Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout

the ?rst half of the twentieth century because they

assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on

Algeria was always insecure.

(A)
if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was

always insecure

(B)
without it their grip on Algeria would never

be secure

(C)
their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they

did not hold it

(D)
without that, they could never be secure about

their grip on Algeria

(E)
never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

OG解释的B选项练成一个句子后,句子的这部分
because they assumed that if without it their grip on Algeria

这里的they,it,their都具体指代的是什么啊?

感觉这个题,GMAC出得超烂,指代不明晰,自己还解释This  clear, concise sentence晕

求NN解释,具体的指代对象

12604698

好！哥们我加你！q就是我这id~

slgbond

感谢!12604698 !
感谢!瓦利兄弟!
二位如在北京,
兄弟我一定要请二位吃个饭!以示感谢
一个人看OG实在太苦了,尤其是有问题,确实很郁闷
Q:93419625!

瓦利哥

1.这个题不是第72题，而是第67题；你写的“because they assumed that if without it their grip on Algeria”多出来一个“if”；
2.要回答你的问题的话，首先必须要明确：Morocco意为摩洛哥，是一个国家或者地区，而French指法国人，Algeria是阿尔及利亚
3.“because they assumed that without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure”中的they指什么？指的是人，是法国人。然后it出现在Algeria前，不太可能指Algeria，而前文已经表达了“Morocco是法国人的利益相关地区”这个意思，所以后面的话，就是说“没有Morocco的话，对Algeria会如何如何”

12604698

french不是单数呀，和chinese一样。集合名词，用复数的

slgbond

首先感谢您的回复,但我又查了一遍
OG12的PDF,The French是单数啊,12604698 兄
郁闷了,难道OG12上有错?勘误? 晕ing....

12604698

读到划线外 because they 已经给出提示。 我的理解：先找they的指代。从句主语是代词优先指代主句主语。若无法指代主句主语，则指代其他成分。
这道题，主句主语Morocco 为单数，they无法，找其他成分。只有french为复数，they指代french无任何歧义。然后看划线内，their 绝大多数情况和they指代同一词，their这里指代也为french无任何问题。
这道题的考点其实在it： b选项为了避免指代歧义，将without it 提前，使得it 前面只有一个代词可以被他指代，就是主语M。。。如e选项，it前面有两个单数名词且都位于句子主题中，it指代歧义。

这道题出的不烂，without 提前我觉得太经典了！~><~

michaelmay17

they逻辑上看是指代Morocco 但用的是they我也想不通，帮你顶吧~