请教OG12-7，谢谢！

舟楫

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales“ they would in the past have conceded to rivals”.

(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

答案是E
请问
1指代问题。OG中说the subject of the main clause is the singular noun company, so the pronoun referring to the company must also be singular.为什么画线句子中的it一定要指代句子主语？如果不考虑句子本身的逻辑意思，it有没有可能就近指代呢？
2sales后面的从句that为什么可以省略呢？

zxkingsey

sales之后省略that在gmat中是正确的，LZ做题做多了就可以遇到很多这种省略：n(tnat)+people+谓语{通常是believe，think之类的词}
it是从句的主语，指代主句的主语，在这种情况下不存在就近指代

舟楫

GET IT,THANKS！！！

yougushizi

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales“ they would in the past have conceded to rivals”.

(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

答案是E
请问
1指代问题。OG中说the subject of the main clause is the singular noun company, so the pronoun referring to the company must also be singular.为什么画线句子中的it一定要指代句子主语？如果不考虑句子本身的逻辑意思，it有没有可能就近指代呢？主句主语是the company
我记得主语如果是复数的时候，it曾经指代过其他的，具体问题具体分析吧。
it经常是大家头疼的地方。

2sales后面的从句that为什么可以省略呢？
个人理解是本来不省更清楚，不过这题的其他两个错误，一个是代词，一个是同义重复更加明显，所以that小瑕疵忽略不计了。

-- by 会员 舟楫 (2010/8/24 17:00:15)