求助OG13_SC #48仍然不明白

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OG13   48
48. It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers more than four
times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America’s Lake Superior.

(A) It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers
(B) Although it is called a sea, actually the landlocked Caspian is the largest lake on Earth, which covers
(C) Though called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering
(D) Though called a sea but it actually is the largest lake on Earth, the landlocked Caspian covers
(E) Despite being called a sea, the largest lake on Earth is actually the landlocked Caspian, covering

OG中解释：A： The referent of which is unclear. Grammatically, its antecedent cannot be the landlocked Caspian, so it must be either Earth or the largest lake on Earth. The latter is a little odd, because the sentence has already said that the lake in question is the Caspian, so one would expect and instead of which. For these reasons and because Earth immediately precedes which, the sentence appears to say, illogically, that Earth covers more than four times the surface area of Lake Superior.


我的疑问：“comma+which”中的which不是说：前面是介词短语，可以跳跃修饰核心词么？  所以说which...可以修饰the largest lake 么
OG给出的“The latter is a little odd, because the sentence has already said that the lake in question is the Caspian,”感觉说服力不是很高啊，要是考场上遇到这样的模棱两可肿么办啊。。。

Amber.C

48. It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers more than four times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America’s Lake Superior.
(A) It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers
(B) Although it is called a sea, actually the landlocked Caspian is the largest lake on Earth, which covers
(C) Though called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering （correct)
(D) Though called a sea but it actually is the largest lake on Earth, the landlocked Caspian covers
(E) Despite being called a sea, the largest lake on Earth is actually the landlocked Caspian, covering

OG中解释：A： The referent of which is unclear. Grammatically, its antecedent cannot be the landlocked Caspian, so it must be either Earth or the largest lake on Earth. The latter is a little odd, because the sentence has already said that the lake in question is the Caspian, so one would expect and instead of which. For these reasons and because Earth immediately precedes which, the sentence appears to say, illogically, that Earth covers more than four times the surface area of Lake Superior.

楼主：“我的疑问：“comma+which”中的which不是说：前面是介词短语，可以跳跃修饰核心词么？  所以说which...可以修饰the largest lake 么
OG给出的“The latter is a little odd, because the sentence has already said that the lake in question is the Caspian,”感觉说服力不是很高啊，要是考场上遇到这样的模棱两可肿么办啊。。。”

首先先脱离解释，看看A的意思：大家可以YY下 It is called a sea（整句话在比大小，sea应该是很大的意思）,but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth. 正常来说，看到but表示转折，那么作者应该想说明其实Caspian没那么大。但是读完整句话的核心意思其实还是再说Caspian挺大的。好矛盾啊！
关于OG中A的解释。OG的解释是说，用", which"表示的定语从句是用来修饰the largest lake的（修饰earth未免也太离谱了，这不是CR，所以要适当结合实际），那么就是相当于对the largest lake的说明／补充，可是 the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth，既然指名道姓这个lake，那么这个补充说明又是指代Caspian。那这个时候用and来替代which不是更好吗？the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, and covers......   

Indigolove

It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers more than four
times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America’s Lake Superior.

(A) It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers
(B) Although it is called a sea, actually the landlocked Caspian is the largest lake on Earth, which covers
(C) Though called a sea, the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, covering
(D) Though called a sea but it actually is the largest lake on Earth, the landlocked Caspian covers
(E) Despite being called a sea, the largest lake on Earth is actually the landlocked Caspian, covering

this is a comparsion sentence, so ......................more than four times.................is the basic idea

The another idea is Though/Although..........

D redundant
A is out
B which wrong
E logically wrong
We go with C

Chloe_

感谢楼上们众多的解释~ 受教！

DUKB24

coconutmi 发表于 2013-9-17 13:10
谢谢~~~

你是说gmat几乎都是就近修饰, 普通英语的话，一般都是，也看情况对吧？感觉下面句子ving修饰的 ...

对的
GMAT的语法比standard english还要严谨
只能说是对照着考试规则来复习吧

coconutmi

DUKB24 发表于 2013-9-17 12:49
1. 在GMAT中，这是不可打破的规则；就算是standard english也是这样理解的

2.对的，是前者 ...

谢谢~~~

你是说gmat几乎都是就近修饰, 普通英语的话，一般都是，也看情况对吧？感觉下面句子ving修饰的是stress那个从句(修饰成分太长，不合适插入)而不是最近的the brain那个从句:

A new review shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the pros and cons, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative consequences of a decision.

当然这是一同学贴出来的，google出是文章摘录的句子，并不是gmat题...

DUKB24

coconutmi 发表于 2013-9-17 12:33
谢啦大神~~~用歧义的解释方法挺好用的,虽然难免偶尔有正确选项指代不100%清楚.

这里想请教2个问题:

1. 在GMAT中，这是不可打破的规则；就算是standard english也是这样理解的

2.对的，是前者

coconutmi

DUKB24 发表于 2013-2-28 18:29
OG的解释当然都是这样的，只要A不选，当然想挑错误肯定是能挑的，就像OG说A选项which指代不清一样但是如果 ...

谢啦大神~~~用歧义的解释方法挺好用的,虽然难免偶尔有正确选项指代不100%清楚.

这里想请教2个问题:
1.comma+ving的用法：你说，做从句修饰语时，修饰最近的从句，我最近正好看到相应例子 ：主句+从句+ ", ving",   其中 ving修饰近的从句。 但是不知这个规则是一种语义上的习惯还是像 动词单三+s 这种不可打破的规则。

2.看了你的千行，很赞。不知你是根据已有的gmat sc语法题目来总结归纳规则(不穷尽，很会有例外)，还是找到题目相对应严格的语法规则来学习(例外较少)。 我想是前者对吗？

Victoriagirl

DUKB24 发表于 2013-2-28 18:29
OG的解释当然都是这样的，只要A不选，当然想挑错误肯定是能挑的，就像OG说A选项which指代不清一样但是如果 ...

大神果然是大神，受教了

dancingrain

DUKB24 发表于 2013-2-28 18:29
OG的解释当然都是这样的，只要A不选，当然想挑错误肯定是能挑的，就像OG说A选项which指代不清一样但是如果 ...

土问斑斑，A选项前面这叫A of B结构么？of B 泛指介词短语是么