求助GWD13-Q13

justjuice

Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, （on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.）
A.    on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
B.    on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
C.    solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
D.    while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
E.    if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

prayer

Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, （on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.）
A.    on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
B.    on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
C.    solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
D.    while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
E.    if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

-- by 会员 justjuice (2010/2/5 17:08:56)

不知道答案是什么，如果我选，会选E。

C里的in that=because，og里说了有in that就不对，wordy。

D里的while这里表示了转折的意思，文章没有那层意思。

AB都是avoid duplicated facilities ，避免已经duplicate的F，已经是种浪费了，跟国内拆迁队一样，建好的东西，因为违章了，就强拆了。

从文章的意思感觉应该是avoid duplication，避免复制。

另外AB里的avoid的主语应都是人，主句的主语是ing，从这个角度看，貌似也是不对的，不过对于这一点，我持怀疑态度。

我选E，please correct me if i'm wrong

prayer

去Manhattan论坛看了下，有一丁点解答，因为大全和gwd里的题，他们是禁止回答的。

if you say 'on the basis of x', that is usually taken as an acknowledgment that x has actually occurred. so choice a makes it sound as if building large new hospitals successfully avoids duplicating facilities. that's not true, of course: the thrust of the sentence is that the new hospitals are duplicates, and that's the problem.

choice e correctly expresses the idea: the duplication of facilities is something to be avoided. the other message - that the new hospitals are guilty of such duplication - is implicit, but at least it isn't wrongly expressed (as in choice a).

justjuice

恩 谢谢 答案确实是E