求解GWD3-Q10

wangtian627

Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.
A  is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
B  is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
C  so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
D  reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
E  reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did

答案是B，我选的A，因为我觉得B的were it to do so是表达的冰融化得少的意思，但是看来B中是表达的冰融化得多的意思。为什么可以表达这个意思，求解

wangsiwei

我觉得吧，were it to do so 中so是代表动作，就是melt，不是前面真个句子。
再说，A的搭配不对，也没有平行对称。

loverwy

如果是A, 就变成：the temperatures are so cold so that little polar ice melts 。。。，搭配就错误了。

buda

i think it is weird to use Yet and So that together

vivianzhili

are so cold is parellel to is so reflective ;  so +adj +  that + sentence is a phrase; were it to do so is the subjunctive mood

overmatch

这道题目从搭配的角度来说肯定是选B的，LZ可以看LSs的解释。我就were it to do so谈谈我的看法。
were it to do so前面是分号，所以这是两个句子。这里的it指的是Antarctica, to do的内容so是receives more solar radiation。整句话的意思就变成：虽然温度……，南极洲吸收辐射；如果继续这样的话，海平面……。

yuqiu1768

最后一个分句的后半句 the water levels of the oceanswould rise  250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.动词为would rise ，那么这个分句的前半句如果只是使用转折连词则时态使用不对，那么前半句应该是个条件从句，那么只有B\E两个选项符合。
而中间分句yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts durikg the summer; 是一个x and y的平行结构，那么只能是so+adj.(1)+and+so+adj.(2)+that....这样的一个句子结构。所以选B.
而且从逻辑上讲，是temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective这两个原因造成了little melts during the summer.
说了这么多，也不知道解释清楚没，只是我的理解~！呵呵，好运，一起加油~！

yuqiu1768

而且，A选项中so cold和so that中的so太wordy and redundant,呵呵

RottenGin

loverwy 发表于 2010-7-23 23:20
如果是A, 就变成：the temperatures are so cold so that little polar ice melts 。。。，搭配就错误了。 ...

同意！               

米粒MILI——

ron的解释：Only B and C have acceptable parallelism with the 'so' construction ('the temps are so cold and the ice cap [so] reflective...'), so it's down to those two.

C is badly worded, though, because it seems to imply that there are two possibilities of essentially equal probability (either (1) little polar ice melts OR ELSE (2) the water levels blah blah blah). That leaves B, which correctly implies that the melting of the ice is hypothetical.