再问PREP-178,之前讨论没有涉及的形容词的修饰问题

jojolynn

再问PREP-178,之前讨论没有涉及的形容词的修饰问题

178.
    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.

A 中的more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, 到底在修饰谁, 语法上是修饰前面的fresh water吧, 这样不就不对了么?

所以, 想请教, 形容词短语是在修饰谁

看了OG - 164

164. The commission proposed that funding for the park's development, which could be open to the public early next year. is obtained through a local bond issue.

(A)  that funding for the park's development, which could be open to the public early next year, is

(B)  that funding for development of the park,
     which could be open to the public early next year, be

(C)  funding for the development of the park,
     perhaps open to the public early next year, to be

(D)  funds for the park's development, perhaps open
     to the public early next year, be

(E)   development funding for the park, which could
     be open to the public early next year, is to be

Choice B is best. Choice A attaches the relative clause which could be open ... to the noun development, when, in fact, it is the park that could be open. Choice C omits that, the object of proposed that is needed to introduce the clause describing the proposal. C also uses to be unidiomatically where be is correct: the commission proposed [that] funding ... to be obtained is wrong. Choice D incorrectly uses perhaps open to the public ... to modify development; the phrase should modify park. Choice E, which seriously distorts meaning, says that the commission proposed development funding and that such funding could be open to the public ....

由D的解释, 可得形容词短语是修饰就近的名词吧

请大家指教啊! 谢谢!

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-10-5 15:42:58编辑过]

jojolynn

自己顶一个,期待大家的回答啊!

Icanw

A 中的more than all the North American Great Lakes combined,修饰fresh water, 比较水的总量。

OG - 164 中D 的错误不是在于形容词短语修饰就近的名词， 而是搭配不当， open should describe park, instead of development.

不过我对PREP 178中的C 选项的错误不是很清楚，是因为while 引导不对吗？ 恳请大家指教。 谢谢！

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-10-6 0:53:43编辑过]

jojolynn

谢谢!

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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.

后面的it,使得前面的Siberia's Lake Baikal荡空.