OG 12-6(代词指代)

abjure

In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.
A. due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing
B. due to moisture that tourists had exhaled, thereby raising its humidity to such levels that salt from the stone would crystallize
C. because tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize
D. because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
E. because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing

Agreement; Parallelism
Th e plural subject chambers requires plural
pronouns. Th e sentence explains a causal sequence:
visitors’ breath introduced moisture that caused
salt to crystallize, which caused the chambers to
be closed for cleaning and repair. Th e phrase due to
makes this causal sequence somewhat ambiguous,
seeming to suggest that the repairs were due to
humidity from visitors’ breath.
A Due to is an imprecise expression of the
causal connection between the tourists’
breath and the closing of the museum for
cleaning; the singular pronoun its does not
agree with the plural antecedent chambers.
B It is not at all clear what the reference is for
the pronoun its; fungus was growing should
be parallel to salt … was crystallizing (not
would crystallize) because it is another eff ect
of the humidity.
C Th e pronoun them seems to refer to tourists,
which is nonsensical; the entire construction
is awkward and wordy; would crystallize is
not parallel to was growing.
D Once again, them seems to refer to tourists;
the entire construction is awkward, wordy,
and ambiguous; crystallize is not parallel to
was growing.
E Correct. Th e causal sequence is clear, and
them clearly refers to chambers.
Th e correct answer is E.

其他解释没有问题。
og上解释说CD两个选项中的 them指代tourists，那么E为什么不是指代tourists？。
大家有没有解决代词指代问题好的方法论。。。万分谢谢

shentuomi

d中them和tourists中间没有谓语，关系非常紧密，所以很容易让人觉得是指代tourists的，但e就不会

abjure

d中them和tourists中间没有谓语，关系非常紧密，所以很容易让人觉得是指代tourists的，但e就不会

-- by 会员 shentuomi (2010/5/28 21:15:49)

谢谢啦
把你的解释带进原题再看了，还是不解。。。有没有更好的解释。。。或者在类似OG12上的SC例题？

ozymendias

顶，同问。lzOG第几遍啦？

AmyGMAT

(C) because（ tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize）
which引导的非限定性定语从句，作为前句话的补充说明，them在这里很自然就是指代tourists
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
tourists后面跟着raising引起的修饰成分，是修饰tourists，所以them就很自然指代tourists
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
这里them不能指代tourists，因为tourists这个结构exhaled by tourists是moisture的定语，修饰moisture，因此them不能指向tourists；另外because与前面一个句子有紧密的逻辑关系，因此them就是指代第一句话里的Chambers。

ozymendias

(C) because（ tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize）
which引导的非限定性定语从句，作为前句话的补充说明，them在这里很自然就是指代tourists
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
tourists后面跟着raising引起的修饰成分，是修饰tourists，所以them就很自然指代tourists
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
这里them不能指代tourists，因为tourists这个结构exhaled by tourists是moisture的定语，修饰moisture，因此them不能指向tourists；另外because与前面一个句子有紧密的逻辑关系，因此them就是指代第一句话里的Chambers。

-- by 会员 AmyGMAT (2010/5/29 1:10:44)

顶！回答的很好~
不过我还想问一下，为什么E里面tourists作为moisture的定语来修饰moisture的时候，them就不能指向tourists了？谢谢

abjure

(C) because（ tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize）
which引导的非限定性定语从句，作为前句话的补充说明，them在这里很自然就是指代tourists
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
tourists后面跟着raising引起的修饰成分，是修饰tourists，所以them就很自然指代tourists
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
这里them不能指代tourists，因为tourists这个结构exhaled by tourists是moisture的定语，修饰moisture，因此them不能指向tourists；另外because与前面一个句子有紧密的逻辑关系，因此them就是指代第一句话里的Chambers。

-- by 会员 AmyGMAT (2010/5/29 1:10:44)

Amy thanks

07170004hjq

按杨鹏难句的说法 修饰语 直接拿掉 所以them自动过滤了按杨鹏难句的说法 修饰语 直接拿掉 所以them自动过滤了  xhaled by tourists   exhaled by tourists整个就可以拿掉  而C中tourists显然是句子的成分
不知道这么解释楼主满意伐

jtrchina

(C) because（ tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize）
which引导的非限定性定语从句，作为前句话的补充说明，them在这里很自然就是指代tourists
(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize
tourists后面跟着raising引起的修饰成分，是修饰tourists，所以them就很自然指代tourists
(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing
这里them不能指代tourists，因为tourists这个结构exhaled by tourists是moisture的定语，修饰moisture，因此them不能指向tourists；另外because与前面一个句子有紧密的逻辑关系，因此them就是指代第一句话里的Chambers。

-- by 会员 AmyGMAT (2010/5/29 1:10:44)

精辟！
从语句层次出发，分析更为客观合理
豁然开朗

fs112788

谢谢AmyGMAT的分析