885 补充 138， 请教

viv

138.    Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist Italians and Slavs in its ranks.
(A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting
(B) Where once the union acquiesced to it English-speaking members’ prejudice for the support of
(C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in support of
(D) While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members’ prejudice in supporting
(E) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in its supporting of

请问这里的where作何解？

nickynicky

答案是什么啊。

felix2816

A is the best

nina23

I have the same question as you. Any NN can help us??

viv

sorry, 忘记写了，答案的确是A

ricesu

where once是一个词组，相当于一个连词，好像是“虽然“的意思，有点忘了，呵呵，不好意思。
不过，这不是这道题目的关键，因为5个选项都是where once开头，我们没必要去管where是什么作用，就把它当作正确的，看别的问题。b中it应该是its，否则不知所云，而且时态不对；c有难度，问题在in support of 修饰对象不清，介词短语倾向于修饰离他最近的名词——member；d的时态有问题；e何a比较，冗长累赘，而且in its support of没有by supporting那样明显的修饰谓语，所以a好
这道题目挺难的，因为我觉得里面有三个选项牵涉到修饰的问题，属于effective的错误，不知道大牛们有没有好的思路

lilytang78

where once 在这里的意思是because

yzlinlin

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=23&ID=16513&replyID=112534&skin=1

gemj

这个题目应该有定论，请点击上面yzlinlin给的链接。