请教PREP 133

niswzzhn

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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

这道题目答案是C，我觉得ABC选项中的them有指代歧义的嫌疑，既可以指代astronomers因为是主语，也可以指代planets因为就近，为什么选呢？解释说mostly是副词不对，为什么呢？

Whitney

"most of them at least as large as Jupiter" 是 80 massive planets 同位語, it must be a noun here.
"mostly as large or larger than Jupiter" distort orignal meaning (most planets are larger than Jupiter).

niswzzhn

谢谢啊，明白啦。

smiling_cd

借这个贴问题。
这个题目里面，我觉得‘原句’（根据所有资料和语法来看，原句除非有很大逻辑问题，不然逻辑上还是遵循A项原句的意思）的意思 which circle是修饰Jupiter，而不是修饰planets的。

选C就改变了逻辑意思。
D虽然mostly是副词，也有‘大部分’的意思，个人觉得应该也是可以的吧？

大家都怎么想的？