GWD-TN-3 Q41 【求助】

yqhpsyche

A leading figure in the Scottish enlightenment, Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism.

A.Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what

B.Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism like

C.Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism just as

D.Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to

E.Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what


答案选的E...  我选的A...看了以前的帖，解释说是句型 A is to A' what B is to B'

那为什么不是选A而是选E呢？  求指教...谢谢

yqhpsyche

这个很简单，首先看句首A leading figure，figure这个一定表示的是一个人，而整个逗号之前是一个同位语从句放在句首了，即句子的主语和这个a leading figure都是同种事物，在看选项中，A.B.C都是Adam Smith’s two major books，主语是books, 而不是人，自然排出。只有D,EAdam Smith 才和figure前后呼应指的同一个人，再加上A is to A' what B is to B'句式，排出D，答案就是E啦

-- by 会员 stephanie213 (2012/2/25 21:31:11)

解释得真清楚，这下懂了~~谢谢

stephanie213

这个很简单，首先看句首A leading figure，figure这个一定表示的是一个人，而整个逗号之前是一个同位语从句放在句首了，即句子的主语和这个a leading figure都是同种事物，在看选项中，A.B.C都是Adam Smith’s two major books，主语是books, 而不是人，自然排出。只有D,EAdam Smith 才和figure前后呼应指的同一个人，再加上A is to A' what B is to B'句式，排出D，答案就是E啦

yqhpsyche

没人理我只好自己顶....是因为大家都在上课还是因为周末呢...都没有NN出来拔刀相助的