(请教)prep里的一道语法题!!

小孩laetitia

15. Recently documented examples of neurogenesis（神经形成）, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.

 

A. the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that

B. mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they

C. mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they

D. the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they

E. brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that

key:E

为什么D不对呢?

LOUI1121

D中THEY没有指代对象

qiuzhen28

呵呵，这个题目

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waitinfall

D: they不能指代canaries，因为 canaries' 是所有格

    when placed in stimulating: 逻辑主语是brain，不合理