[求助]帮我看看这道语法题！！！

happy_oh

Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A) to keep from

(B) to keep it from

(C)to avoid

(D)in order that it would avoid

(E)in order to keep from

答案是C 解释是说该答案最简洁。

为什么不选前两个？ 还有AB 有什么差别？

yuching730

(A) to keep from

(B) to keep it from

(C)to avoid

我是觉得B的it指代不清

至于keep from=avoid使用两个字没有一个字简洁…

happy_oh

avoid可不可以看做是一个主管预期的表达呢？

Elutitti

From OG(Purple Cover)

61．Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice．which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders．

(A)  to keep from

(B)  to keep it from

(C)  to avoid

(D)  in order that It would avoid

(E)  in order to keep from

Grammatical construction

The phrase to keep from being stolen is incomplete；the reader does not know what might be stolen．Inserting a pronoun makes it clear to the reader that it is the chalice that might be stolen．

A  Pronoun it is needed for clarity．

B  Correct．The sentence is clarified by inserting the word it, which refers back to chalice．

C  Pronoun it is needed for clarity；this suggests the chalice acts to prevent its own theft．

D  Pronoun it is needed for clarity；this suggests the chalice acts to prevent its own theft；in order that it would is wordy．

E  Pronoun it is needed for clarity．

The correct answer is B．

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-11-27 11:39:21编辑过]

keke198537

真实答案错害死人啊。。。差点被害死。。。

lissy_721

以下是引用Elutitti在2007-11-27 11:37:00的发言：

From OG(Purple Cover)

61．Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice．which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders．

(A)  to keep from

(B)  to keep it from

(C)  to avoid

(D)  in order that It would avoid

(E)  in order to keep from

Grammatical construction

The phrase to keep from being stolen is incomplete；the reader does not know what might be stolen．Inserting a pronoun makes it clear to the reader that it is the chalice that might be stolen．

A  Pronoun it is needed for clarity．

B  Correct．The sentence is clarified by inserting the word it, which refers back to chalice．

C  Pronoun it is needed for clarity；this suggests the chalice acts to prevent its own theft．

D  Pronoun it is needed for clarity；this suggests the chalice acts to prevent its own theft；in order that it would is wordy．

E  Pronoun it is needed for clarity．

The correct answer is B．

恕我直言，我觉得og的解释有点牵强，很明显这个句子就是在说chalice，而且前面除了chalice没有别的东西能被偷的了，为什么还要这么解释呢？？？还请NN解释

polarisQQ

个人认为B肯定错,添it就画蛇添足,keep的宾语是被动句子前的chalice

Elutitti

B是正确的。因为bury这个动作是有发起者的，而这个发起者会使句子产生歧义。如果把巨资改为the chalice was buried by its owner to keep from being stolen，那究竟是防止chalice被偷，还是防止its owner's body被偷？

如果省略了it，那么句子就可以被理解为：

1）was probably buried to keep it from being stolen

2) was probably buried to keep its owner from being stolen

jonnie_yuan

keep from  和  to avoid 都存在指代不明的错误，

而in order 则违背简洁原则