[讨论]大全134：指代是否要求单复数一致

tania

134. Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite, while each year sixteen buildings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects.

(A)one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite

(B)a human being should be struck by a meteorite once in every nine years

(C)a meteorite will strike one human being once in every nine years

(D)every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite

(E) every nine years a human being should be struck by a meteorite

答案是d，我对答案毫无异议。只是对题目中的一个指代不是很清楚，希望nn指点。红色的such objects是否指代的是a meteorite，如果是的话，前文是单数，后文用复数指代可以吗？

andrew_li

"such objects" does refer to meteorites. But these meteorites are the ones that will strike those buildings, not the one that will strike a human being.

likui

我想是如流星那样的天外飞行且有破坏力的物体吧，呵呵（哪天遇见善良的天外飞仙就发达了）。