PREP SC 6 请教

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6.  In the past several years, astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planets, most of them as large or larger than Jupiter, which circle other stars.

A. most of them as large or larger than Jupiter, which circle

B. most of them as large or larger than Jupiter and circling

C. most of them at least as large as Jupiter, circling

D. mostly at least as large as Jupiter, which circle

E. mostly as large or larger than Jupiter, circling

请问答案是否是C？谢谢 ：）

most of them as large as or larger than Jupiter, circling ...

雨薇

d为什么错呢？

amorela

以下是引用雨薇在2007-3-9 11:47:00的发言：
d为什么错呢？

同问.

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-12-1 13:53:20编辑过]

mmbee

C. most of them at least as large as Jupiter, circling

D. mostly at least as large as Jupiter, which circle

1) mostly vs. most of them, C reflects the original meaning- most of planets at least as large as Jupiter, but "mostly" in D modifies "at least as large as Jupiter". In my view, D describes all of the massive planets. So the description of the range between C and D is different.

2) Jupiter is one of the sun's planets, so the modifer phrase "circling other stars" should logically modify the massive planets rather than Jupiter. 

irence_928

D的第一个错误是, mostly 是口语,表示almost all,generally.

第二个错误是,circle other stars的是 80 massive planets,而不是Jupiter.

应该选C.

你们看是不是这样子.