OG18 732题 正确答案为什么whom可以做主语 ？

Airy0304

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
这道题正确答案是E，但是如果是whom的话，whom怎么能在后面的从句里做主语呢？whom are members of ....? 谁能帮我解答一下么

弗雷泽631

Laos has a land area comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.

这题你分两个部分来理解。
首先是land area的比较， Laos和大英帝国的土地面积是差不多的。
其次，也就是but后面的内容：但是两者的人口数量相差比较大（laos has a population of only four million people）。你提问的这个问题是具体来解释为什么只有这四百万人：Many of whom的whom在这里代指的是老挝的人。因为在of介词后面所以用whom。所以你要正着理解这句话的话就是many of Laotians (people of Laos) are members of balabalbal..

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A: 比较对象错误: land area和 Great Britian。以及where紧随people，但where is inappropariate referent to population。
B：比较对象错误。 并且，there is 的结构完全完全是用错了的
C：them指代不明，表达非常awkward。（句子是不连贯的，不信你缩句读读）
D：and这个连词用在这边特别怪。如果这样子看Laos has only four million in population, and many are member...。我认为语法上没有问题。但是回看整句话的本意是在和大英帝国作比较。而（OG：）D的做法，过分强调了and后面的内容，即Many of the people in laos live in inaccessible places.

Airy0304

哦，对，应该看前面，我怎么看后面去了，脑子抽了。谢谢啦~

CoralUT

弗雷泽631 发表于 2018-2-9 20:03
Laos has a land area comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million peopl ...

想问这个there is 为什么错了，给大佬端茶

kluivert

如果我没记错的话，只有which 和 whom可以跟介词
貌似我当初这题做错也是这思路,whom不可以作主语 ，哈哈

暴走的Ming

CoralUT 发表于 2018-9-5 23:39
想问这个there is 为什么错了，给大佬端茶

https://gmat.la/question/OG2016-SC-62
这个关于there be的解释很清楚~