gemj和各位看看代词指代混淆的问题

深海的小美人鱼

13.    A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.
(A) that they will, or could,
(B) that they would, or could,
(C) they will be or could
(D) think that they will be or could
(E) think the power stations would or could

答案D，虽然E中没有代词that,但是在这里不怕指代不清楚吗？如果加上that，是不是E更好呢？

再看，21.    A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
(A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
(B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
(C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns have been
(D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns are
(E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals’ horns have been

这里答案是C。还是指代不清和清楚的问题。ETS真的是琢磨不透。在这里有开始介意指代不清楚的问题了。

各位发表下意见。除了明显的语法错误之外，怎么样排除指代不清楚的问题。

gemj

13题如果在E中加上THAT的话，WOULD也不好。
指代不清的问题我想有，但因为句子的结构是：
A majority of the international journalists ... view (nuclear power stations as unsafe at present) but think (that they will be or could be made sufficiently safe in the future).
view的宾语是nuclear power stations，所以可以很合理地想象THINK的内容也应该是关于nuclear power stations的内容。
也就是THEY应该指代的是nuclear power stations。

代词指代的问题非常复杂，我觉得好象没有一个规则可以解决所有题目，还是要具体问题具体分析。

而21题中，除了C的指代更加清晰外，其他方面A、B也都不如C好。
(A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
see 前面没有TO，容易引起它与continue 并列的误解。

(B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
see 后面的宾语不对。

句子改错中，代词是非常重要的一个方面，它与其他的知识点交织在一起来决定哪个选项最好。不应该仅凭它就能确定正确选项，也不应该指望用一条或某些通则就解决所有的代词指代的问题。胡说八道一番，请各位指正！

（好比说前人曾提出的“就近指代”的规则就是一种寻求通则的尝试，但这肯定是错误的。在ETS的字典里，绝对没有这条规则）

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-12-15 11:07:31编辑过]

Snazzy

21, is there a 'one' in choice B? if so, B should discarded

深海的小美人鱼

谢谢gemj的解释。但是我还想问第一题中的D, will and could be为什么不能用can 即，为什么这里用could。

深海的小美人鱼

谢谢gemj的解释。但是我还想问第一题中的D, will and could be为什么不能用can 即，为什么这里用could。

gemj

they will be or could
我的理解是：
核电站将会或本能够在将来做得更加安全。

“本能够”的意思是，即使将来的核电站不是更安全，那也不是我们做不到。

will be or could表达了一实一虚的两层含义。

瞎猜，请指正。

dreadpower

以下是引用gemj在2003-12-15 1:54:00的发言：[/b

句子改错中，代词是非常重要的一个方面，它与其他的知识点交织在一起来决定哪个选项最好。不应该仅凭它就能确定正确选项，也不应该指望用一条或某些通则就解决所有的代词指代的问题。胡说八道一番，请各位指正！

（好比说前人曾提出的“就近指代”的规则就是一种寻求通则的尝试，但这肯定是错误的。在ETS的字典里，绝对没有这条规则）

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-12-15 11:07:31编辑过]

    GEMJ兄的这个解释已经到无招胜有招的境界！！！

ecsniffer

could:


longman


a) used to say that something is possible or might happen
Most accidents in the home could be prevented.


It could be weeks before we get a reply. If you're not careful, you could get into even worse trouble.


A faulty connection could easily (=would be likely to) cause a fire.



b) used to say that something was a possibility in the past, but did not actually happen
Somebody could have been killed.


    I could have warned you if I had known where you were.


He could have escaped, but he chose to stand and fight.

mymengming

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