一道GMATPREP题

avimi

More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

A. More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
B. With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.
C. Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.
D. While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
E. More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal,with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

answer: A

我选的是E

这个句子好奇怪呀，什么结构呢？

thank you~

就醉一生

汗，我也选了E。

E可能是Siberia's Lake Baikal，with more than 300 rivers draining into it这个表达错了吧。

Siberia's Lake Baikal，with....；it同时又指代Siberia's Lake Baikal。

我觉得正确表达应该把draining into it去掉，因为已经存在with了。

avimi

说的也是，E应该是那里有问题的，可是A感觉读着也不顺呀，A是什么结构呢？

我是马甲哥哥

E. More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal,with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The main problem of E is that the "Lake Baikal" can not be matched with "more than....lakes combined".  If we want to make it correct, at least we should put "the amount of fresh water of" right in front of "Lake Baikal."

But then again, the sentence is still awkward and wordy.

思故

这道题有点意思。。。

我也认为E表达的很清晰啊！

More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

with + n + -ing形式，独立主格

eg. She stood there chatting with her friend, with her child playing beside her.

比较lake （combined ）和 lake(Siberia's Lake Baikal) 也很好。

而马甲哥哥的修正方法倒让我糊涂了。如the amount of fresh water of "Lake Baikal"做主语，怎么和谓语holds搭配？又怎么和Lakes combined比较呢？

avimi

同意马甲哥哥的说法

就是说more than....lakes combined的主语和holds的主语没有办法一致，所以这个句子不对吧

就醉一生

以下是引用我是马甲哥哥在2007-3-5 10:57:00的发言：

E. More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal,with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

The main problem of E is that the "Lake Baikal" can not be matched with "more than....lakes combined".  If we want to make it correct, at least we should put "the amount of fresh water of" right in front of "Lake Baikal."

But then again, the sentence is still awkward and wordy.

精辟！~~~

 

思故

请支持A选项的帮忙解释一下“More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal”的成分和修饰对象/主语。 

就醉一生

以下是引用思故在2007-3-5 14:26:00的发言：

请支持A选项的帮忙解释一下“More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal”的成分和修饰对象/主语。 

A可精简为：300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal，more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

 300 rivers 是主语，More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake 此处的More than 并没有比较性质。

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-3-5 22:26:38编辑过]

遥远的绿洲

这个句子的意思是: 300多条河流排入西伯利亚的B湖,B湖占有了全世界20%的淡水,(其水量)比北美五大湖的水量加起来(combined)还要多

所以A选项是非常好的选项