prep08 177求解释呀！！！TAT

cynthia0114

177.
In her 26 years in the forests of Gombe, Jane Goodall collected data that proved that chimpanzees exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from each one to others by imitating and practicing.

A.exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from each one to others by imitating and practicing

B.will exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to another by imitating and practicing

C.will exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to another by imitation and practice

D.exhibit the kind of curiosity by which new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to another by imitation and practice(D)

E.exhibit the kind of curiosity where new patterns of behavior and expression are passed on to others by imitation and practice

第一次发帖，语法实在太烂了啊。求各位大牛帮忙分析一下D选项的语法结构。
which前面的by是指啥？which指代是curiosity吗？非常感谢！！

cynthia0114

exhibit the kind of curiosity by imitation and practice;
new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to another by curiosity;
那……拆分成两句话是这样吗？？

主要是后面还有个by……让我很混淆……

superbat28

which指代 curiosity，无误。

介词+which 是定语从句的一种，这里by which是指【通过which(curiosity)】 new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to another by imitation and practice

y001j

which引导名词性从句，做by的介词宾语，你把which后面的一大堆成分看成个名词就OK了。
by which...做状语修饰exhibit...