GMAT31-15

ethyl

15: Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require

A: rather than burning calories to generate it

B: rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories

C: and not from generating it by burning calories

D: instead of by burning calories for generating it

E: instead of body heat generated by burning calories

没有答案，请大家讨论。。。

我选E，可是我觉得哪个都不爽。。。555，这套题怎么这么难啊

howardwang

我选A

尽管IT有点指代不清的嫌疑。但是，只是嫌疑，总体的逻辑意思比较清楚。

james0831

D

rather than前后满足平行结构 前面是from the sun 后面必须是介词短语满足形式对称

howardwang

A的平行可以这样理解：

by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it

james0831

这里应该是两种drawing their body heat 方式的平行 所以是D  楼上的平行对象错了

lismiles

A

by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than (BY)burning calories to generate it

james0831

平行结构by不能省略！

james0831

两种产生热量方式的比较  前面一个by后面不是产生热量的方式 是生存的方式 from后面才是产生热量的方式 选D

ethyl

by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun  instead of body heat generated by burning calories

我又想了想，还是E比较好：意思是通过利用直接得自阳光的热量，而不是自身产生的热量，。。。

请指正。。。

howardwang

觉得ethyl斑竹分析的有道理，我也转而支持E选项了。

instead of +noun.的用法还是比较常见的。尽管比rather than应用范围窄，且不太符合ets的偏好。偏好应该是相对的，不是绝对的。

支持E。