OG13 SC 43题求救！

meesh

43.  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
  

我刚做这题，觉得很困惑。og解释里说这里的comparison必须是between the land area of laos and the land area of gp的，not the land area of laos and britain, 这我就不懂了，题目里未划线部分能够比较的就是laos啊，
所以按道理应该是国家和国家相对比啊，因为未划线处“laos has a land area”就是一个简单句子，并未写成the land area of laos，那为什么在后面选项做两者之间的comparison时就自动理解成是land area of laos与各选项比较了呢？

seeingyou

Billzj 发表于 2013-10-19 22:52
many可以指代前面的任何名词？ 可是前面只有people是复数啊 指代population的话也是应该用it吧  我就搞不 ...

我的理解是OG这里的解释不太对。
Them没有指代问题，就指people，有问题的是many of them。
注意many of them are...结构有主语也有谓语，是一个independent clause，但是在和另一个句子（前句）连接的时候居然没有任何连词，仅用一个逗号就隔开了，标准的run-on sentence，错误。

Indigolove

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

B redundant, so we elinimate......

A ........,where..........modifier weird....., so we elinimate.........
D........, and many are.........it should be and many of them are......
C........, many of them are.......we have two verb here, so we elinimate........
E........., many of whom are...... that is right answer.

We go with E

Billzj

木以晨夕 发表于 2013-7-28 17:20
OG并没有说many of them是错误的；OG说“The referent of them is unclear.”

单纯比较C和E的指代，明显 ...

many可以指代前面的任何名词？ 可是前面只有people是复数啊 指代population的话也是应该用it吧  我就搞不懂为什么说many是unclear的 希望再指导一下

meesh

木以晨夕 发表于 2013-7-28 17:20
OG并没有说many of them是错误的；OG说“The referent of them is unclear.”

单纯比较C和E的指代，明显 ...

嗯我学到了！~ 谢谢亲：）

木以晨夕

meesh 发表于 2013-7-28 16:46
哦！谢谢亲~ 我好像明白一点了，them指代的确实是people，以及亲举例里them指代的就应该是women吧，这个 ...

OG并没有说many of them是错误的；OG说“The referent of them is unclear.”

单纯比较C和E的指代，明显E更加好。因为many of whom只能直接指代前面的people，没有歧义，而them可以指代在它前面的任何名词，所以unclear.

meesh

DUKB24 发表于 2013-7-28 11:25
yes你的理解是对的

这题主要看的是句子意思，因为有but

嗯 谢谢亲！

meesh

木以晨夕 发表于 2013-7-28 16:11
不是的。them应该指代people,population的意思太抽象了。

OG是这样解释的：The phrase about the populat ...

哦！谢谢亲~ 我好像明白一点了，them指代的确实是people，以及亲举例里them指代的就应该是women吧，这个是根据句意判断的对吗？^_^ 还有个地方扯不清。。原题them指代people，为什么many of them是错误的many of whom这种表达是正确的呢？

木以晨夕

meesh 发表于 2013-7-28 11:43
还有一个小问题，c选线many of them 这个象them这样的代词的referent是不是不能是介词短语中的名词的？比如 ...

不是的。them应该指代people,population的意思太抽象了。

OG是这样解释的：The phrase about the population of Laos is most clearly and effectively expressed in an appositive using a relative pronoun to refer back to people rather than the more abstract population.

下面这个题目是一道Prep，正确答案C. them修饰介词短语中的名词women.

In Hungary, as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in middle management and light industry.
A. as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in
B. as with much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women works, many in
C. as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of them in
D. like much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women works, and many are
E. like much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many are in

meesh

还有一个小问题，c选线many of them 这个象them这样的代词的referent是不是不能是介词短语中的名词的？比如population is the noun of "a population of only four million people" 所以them就无法指代population？这个点一直没搞清。。。