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Hermionewzh

OG  SC 第六题：
6. In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the
Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for
cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by
tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so
that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus
was growing on the walls.
(A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which
raised its humidity to such levels so that salt
from the stone was crystallizing
(B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled,
thereby raising its humidity to such levels that
salt from the stone would crystallize
(C) because tourists were exhaling moisture, which
had raised the humidity within them to levels
such that salt from the stone would crystallize
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by
tourists raising the humidity within them to levels
so high as to make the salt from the stone
crystallize
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised
the humidity within them to such levels that salt
from the stone was crystallizing
Agreement; Parallelism
Th e plural subject chambers requires plural
pronouns. Th e sentence explains a causal sequence:
visitors’ breath introduced moisture that caused
salt to crystallize, which caused the chambers to
be closed for cleaning and repair. Th e phrase due to
makes this causal sequence somewhat ambiguous,
seeming to suggest that the repairs were due to
humidity from visitors’ breath.
A Due to is an imprecise expression of the
causal connection between the tourists’
breath and the closing of the museum for
cleaning; the singular pronoun its does not
agree with the plural antecedent chambers.
B It is not at all clear what the reference is for
the pronoun its; fungus was growing should
be parallel to salt … was crystallizing (not
would crystallize) because it is another eff ect
of the humidity.
C Th e pronoun them seems to refer to tourists,
which is nonsensical; the entire construction
is awkward and wordy; would crystallize is
not parallel to was growing.
D Once again, them seems to refer to tourists;
the entire construction is awkward, wordy,
and ambiguous; crystallize is not parallel to
was growing.
E Correct. Th e causal sequence is clear, and
them clearly refers to chambers.
Th e correct answer is E.


问题1.听说due to 只能做表语，也就是说只能跟在BE后，否则错。本题AB都是DUE TO 可以这样就排除吗？为什么OG没有说这一点呢？

问题2.原句中，WHICH能修饰到moisture吗？，也就是说能不能跳过exhauled by tourists.

问题3.为什么B项中GMAC老头说its指代不清呢？怎么不清了？“ It is not at all clear what the reference is for
the pronoun its”

为题4.为什么DE中都是"by tourists"，但是E中的“them”指代chamber， 而B中的“them”就指代“tourists”了？

谢谢啦！！！！

Hermionewzh

各位达人啊！！帮帮忙

猩猩是个笨蛋

it's指代不明难道以为chambers是复数？同时it又不能指代前面整个句子，只能指代离他最近的单数名词。
D选项的raising跟在tourists后面，raising带着的整个句子就是都修饰tourists，所以句子里的them也就修饰tourists。但是我觉得D错了的真正原因是不平行，crystallize和was growing。

A的话我觉得错了的原因是such...so that...这个结构肯定不对。
B的话我觉得错了的原因是its就近指代moisture，意思不对。

due to, 好像目前为止没见过对的吧，原因未知。
which跳跃指代的题我做完了OG做完了PREP做了9个GWD清楚地记得只有一道，还是建立在其他选项严重错误的基础上，对比起来，那个跳跃就可以接受了。