GWD 18-41求助

xlina

At the turn of the twentieth century, forest covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them domesticated and performing various essential tasks.

A.covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them
B.covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand accommodated as much as 300,000 elephants, and a third of them were
C.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodated as much as 300,000 elephants, with a third
D.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodated as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them
E.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, with a third of them

答案是 D，我选C

不明白最后一个分句是修饰什么的。

carolhide

D的最后是一个同位语。

xlina

明白了，关键是没搞懂domesticate的意思，开始还以为是修饰forest

s_huang

C中much应用many

ivymxy

不明白，NN能给解释下这道题么？

为什么用covered 而不是covering呢？covered不是含有被动的意思么？forest能是被覆盖么？不应该是覆盖了...么？真混沌

a third of them 是什么的同位语啊，一点都不明白...

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-3-12 12:42:38编辑过]

小贝

以下是引用ivymxy在2009-3-12 12:36:00的发言：

不明白，NN能给解释下这道题么？

为什么用covered 而不是covering呢？covered不是含有被动的意思么？forest能是被覆盖么？不应该是覆盖了...么？真混沌

a third of them 是什么的同位语啊，一点都不明白...

covered是个谓语，过去时形式，不是被动形式。如果用covering（分词结构），主句就没有谓语动词成为sentence fragment。

them 指代elephants，句中唯一一个复数名词。