关于句子重心的改变

saber0425

看李希强的sc，它上面有的句子中心改变了，有的没改，到底怎么判断什么时候应该改，什么时候不该改？Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain
but only four million in population, where many are
members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually
inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
.. (A) about the same as Great Britain but only four million
in population, where many
.. (B) of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in
Laos there is a population of only four million, and many
.. (C) that is about the same size as Great Britain’s land
area, but in Laos with a population of only four million
people, many of them
.. (D) comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four
million in population, and many
.. (E) comparable to that of Great Britain but a population
of only four million people, many of whom

答案上说D The coordinating conjunction and gives undue
emphasis to the claim that many of the people in Laos
live in inaccessible places.（句子重心改变）我个人觉得的d是对的

jiaoguitar

Laos has a land… but (has) a population这是一个gmac喜欢用的平行结构。D选项确实改变了句子后半句的成分，此外many单独出现也增加了指代歧义的风险。