prep 有一题平行的很纠结啊~~

半阙

Evolutionary psychology holds that the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it

comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving specific

problems human ancestors faced millions of years ago.

(A) the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it comprises specialized mental

mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving

(B) the human mind is not a "blank slate" but instead comprises specialized mental mechanisms

that were developed to solve

(C) the human mind, instead of a "blank slate," it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that

have been developed to solve

(D) rather than it being a "blank slate," the human mind comprises specialized mental mechanisms

that have been developed as a way of solving

(E) rather than the human mind's being a "blank slate," that it comprises specialized mental

mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving


答案选B，但B中not...but...不平行呀~

清飞扬

平行的
holds that   the human mind is not a "blank slate" but instead comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed to solve

==> s v o but instead v o形式的平行

bitieming

instead是插入语啦

清飞扬

instead是插入语啦

-- by 会员 bitieming (2011/8/15 16:28:08)

B 选项前面的but instead没有逗号，所以是属于主句内的结构，不能算是插入。如果前面有“逗号”那么but后面的内容就必须有 SVO的形式

分析可以参考http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/73-evolutionary-psychology-holds-that-the-human-mind-t10682.html

分析的很清楚很具体

半阙

嘻嘻~~明白啦~不过在考试的时候十有八九反应不过来呢~

清飞扬

那就练成反应的过来，练成本能

半阙

恩恩~我会努力的~谢谢你啦~