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xizzhu · 发表于 2006-5-13 23:15:00

以下是引用jinni在2006-4-11 22:28:00的发言：

Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.

Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while
The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but
It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain dwellers, although
It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since

答案给的是A

但是A的which的用法显然不对呀。which没有指代对象呀，这里显然是elk live soley这件事情make it seem。

C用了两个would显然不好。

D的逻辑主语不对，错误；

E的since意思不对。

只剩下B了，可是ETS好像特别不喜欢the fact that这样的说法。

请大家讨论。

clause.

which can refer not only to a noun, but also to the whole of a previous clause.

for example: He got married again a year later,which surprised everybody.

香香茶 · 发表于 2006-5-31 23:05:00

我不同意楼上的话。

在GMAT语法中，WHICH只能指代某名词，不能指代一个句子的意思。关于你的例子，在英语的日常用语里是用的很多的，但是GMAT语法中WHICH不能指代句子。请见OG49的解释如下：

The pronoun which should be used to refer to a previously mentioned noun, not to the idea expressed in an entire clause.

OG中关于这一点的例子有很多，强调过很多次，如果能从OG中找出反例的话，请大家知会我。

另外，关于本题：既然是选最好的答案而非正确答案，我们要看哪个选项错的少些。A的WHICH是致命错；C的BECAUSE OF在这里冗余，另外would的重复使用累赘；D前面分句的逻辑主语不正确，另外，were用过去式不对；E的逻辑关系错了。所以答案是B。我这样说，有人可能跳出来说B冗余了，因为the fact的用法，呵呵，那么咱们来看看大全468的例子：

Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.

(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he

(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had

(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he（B）

(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

上面这题的正确答案是B，既然大全里面有正确答案是以the fact that开头的句子，可以说明这不能作为排除B的标准。而另外一点，关于B的逻辑关系，我觉得和A中的while并不冲突，都是表转折意味的比较。所以我认为答案B为最优答案。

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jackiexucd · 发表于 2006-6-1 02:25:00

那我想问一下，B选项中的的it是指代什么？（The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but）谢谢

vicomte · 发表于 2006-6-1 18:27:00

以下是引用香香茶在2006-5-31 23:05:00的发言：