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denverxu

The Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia,
were sighted in 1770 by the English navigator Captain
James Cook, by whom they were named supposedly
because its sheer wet rocks glistened like glass.
(A) by whom they were named supposedly
because its
(B) by whom they were named supposedly and their
(C) naming them supposedly since their
(D) who so named them supposedly because their
(E) who so named it since supposedly their

正确答案是D，看了解释，明白选D的道理，但这里so怎么解释？是“所以”的意思吗？

denverxu

自己顶一下

jy03161061

阿..没有看过的题型,等待大牛解答

denverxu

难道真的没人会吗？

liujian12

so在本例中为副词作状语，表named的方式或结果。

其意思可以去字典解释的“In the condition or manner expressed or indicated; thus”

本来的意思应该是the English navigator Captain James Cook (主语） named （谓语） The Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia （宾语）Glass House Mountains （宾补）。

但是这里用named sth sth句式显然很啰嗦，而且不直接把宾补说出来意思也很明白，所以不如用so指代这种命名方式简洁。而so本身只能做副词或者连词，这里做副词主要修饰named，加上后面还有一个because引导的很长的原因状语从句，因此把so提到named之前会使表达的意思更明确。

如果是短句，it's so named 和it's named so是一个意思，且都可以使用。

melodyflying

同意楼上