一道没明白的prep语法,看了笔记也没想通

cocodym

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Evolutionary psychology holds that the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving specific problems human ancestors faced millions of years ago.

 

(A) the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving

(B) the human mind is not a "blank slate" but instead comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed to solve

(C) the human mind, instead of a "blank slate," it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that have been developed to solve

(D) rather than it being a "blank slate," the human mind comprises specialized mental mechanisms that have been developed as a way of solving

(E) rather than the human mind's being a "blank slate," that it comprises specialized mental mechanisms that were developed as a way of solving

 

考点:简洁有效（Rhetorical Construction）   平行对称（Parallelism）
            

1) 连词前面的结构包括谓语动词,则连词后面平列结构也应该含有谓语动词

1）not …but…连接平行结构。

2）不定式表目的简洁有效。

 

(A) the human mind is not a "blank slate," but instead that结构不平行; developed as a way of solving表达复杂,直接改为developed to solve表达目的

(B) 正确, the human mind is not a "blank slate" but instead comprises…结构平行; 用developed to solve表达目的,简洁

(C) 代词it指代the human mind,用在此处多余，存在两个主语，句子结构错误; instead of a "blank slate”意思表达不清; developed as a way of solving表达啰嗦。

(D) rather than it being a "blank slate,"结构表达复杂,且it多余应该删掉; developed as a way of solving表达复杂

(E) 整个句子结构表达笨拙,复杂，两个that从句之间缺少连词; developed as a way of solving表达复杂

以上是prep语法里原文,小弟不解之处在于答案B中 not...but...怎么平行了,not后面是名词,but后跟了动词....

cocodym

还有个小问题,GMAT里 that 可以指代人不?

guting109

以下是引用cocodym在2008-11-22 15:10:00的发言：
还有个小问题,GMAT里 that 可以指代人不?

that　在ＧＭＡＴ语法中　只指物不指人

这道题我也不明白　当初看的时候都没注意到　稀里糊涂过去了　期望ＮＮ来解答下吧～谢谢啦

tichondrius

D,E both are awkward and redundant because of "being", C: "it" is redundant, A: "but" is a conjunction that should be followed by structures such as S + V + O.

aeoluseros

be动词放在并列结构之外很常见的...lz可以收集一下这些例子

william1119

 but 作连词，如果其后主语省略的话那么它在逻辑上的主语就是主句的主语，这里but的主语是the human mind，而且是is not a "blank slate" 和 comprises 的平衡！！！我是这样想的，你看看对不？？？

guting109

以下是引用aeoluseros在2008-11-23 22:34:00的发言：

be动词放在并列结构之外很常见的...lz可以收集一下这些例子

谢谢　这么一说我就明白了　确实见过　一直以为是语法笔记错了呢．．．