GWD-TN- 16

serendipityh

At the turn of the twentieth century, forest covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them domesticated and performing various essential tasks.

            A.covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them

            B.covering as much as 90 percent of Thailand accommodated as much as 300,000 elephants, and a third of them were

            C.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodated as much as 300,000 elephants, with a third

            D.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodated as many as 300,000 elephants, a third of them

            E.covered as much as 90 percent of Thailand and accommodating as many as 300,000 elephants, with a third of them
我怎么感觉这个题选E呢! 因为domestic 和 performing 是两个分词并列啊! 如果选D, 岂不是 a third of them 变为主语? 那就不平行了啊!
怪哉怪哉!!
答案是D

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pig2009

偶认为答案是D没错，浅见如下请指教：

domesticated and performing 分词形式并列修饰  a third of them， “a third of them domesticated and performing various essential tasks”  作伴随情况修饰elephants，很清晰。 a third of them 作主语的话需要谓语动词，而这里没有。

E 想用with做伴随情况出现，弄巧成拙，不知道with是修饰forest呢还是修饰elephants。故错。

katiejiefei

楼上的解答精辟，一看就明白了！UP！

lijiahui0422

这里的D是独立主格形式