同位语疑问 - 题目来源：PREP 07

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求大神们帮忙看看这两道题，都来自PREP 07

1. The computer company has announced that it will purchase the color-printing division of a rival company for $950 million, which is part of a deal that will make it the largest manufacturer in the office color-printing market.
(A) million, which is part of a deal that will make
(B) million, a part of a deal that makes
(C) million, part of a deal making
(D) million as a part of a deal to make
(E) million as part of a deal that will make


2. One automobile manufacturer has announced plans to increase the average fuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent over the next five years, amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing the first significant change in the fuel efficiency of any class of passenger vehicle in almost two decades.
(A) amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing
(B) amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and it would represent
(C) an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and it would represent

(D) an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and would represent

(E) which is an increase amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, representing

[size=33.33333206176758px]第一道题的答案为E，我错选了B， 给出的B错误的解释是同位语 a part of deal 不能修饰million。 可是第二道题的正确选项为D，我认为按照上题的解释，这里的increase也同样不能修饰next five years。请问这是为什么？

kluivert

个人看法，欢迎指正

第一题
(B) million, a part of a deal that makes  这里a part of a deal无所指 ..出现是莫名其妙..仔细读一下原文...
(E) million as part of a deal that will make  前面的并购as (作为) part of a deal  这里就符合逻辑了

第二题
(D) an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and would represent

这里的an increase 已经有所指increase the average fuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent over the next five years,

曹元成

第一题我们参考一下过往nn的解释 第一道过往解释

我们认为的形容词性质的修饰是就近修饰 （当然同位语很大情况下也是要满足的，除非同位语是抽象名词引导的），跳跃修饰的情况只出现在有两个修饰成分修饰一个名词，
而且前者是限定修饰（大多是介词短语）后者是非限定修饰 这个是要看语义的
举个例子  i ate the apple on the table, which i bought yesterday.这个时候介词短语和which从句都是修饰apple的
               i ate an apple in the classroom, where i have my math classes.  这里的介词短语不是对于apple 的限定修饰，所以where在这里只能修饰classroom
所以我们看这一题的B选项 并不可以跳过for 的介词短语来修饰其他的什么东西 同位语指代950m逻辑也不通顺 购买公司是计划的一部分 而不能说950m是计划的一部分

第二题是同位语中比较常见的重复的手法
increase指代的是前面25% 的变动  increase the average fuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent
所以这里用一个increase重复一下是不会造成歧义的

希望可以帮助到你

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曹元成 发表于 2018-8-26 11:00
第一题我们参考一下过往nn的解释 第一道过往解释

我们认为的形容词性质的修饰是就近修饰 （当然同位语很大 ...

明白了，感谢！

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kluivert 发表于 2018-8-26 10:42
个人看法，欢迎指正

第一题

嗯是的，increase虽然也没有修饰前面紧挨的词，但是指代很清晰，而part做同位语没有明确的指代。