OG12-43 发现新问题！

xiaoguolulu

Laos has a land area "about the same as Great Britan but only four million in population, where many" are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.

A.about the same as Great Britan but only four million in population, where many
C.taht is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos with population of only four million people, many of them
E.comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million pepole, many of whom

正解是E。关于C选项，我有一个新发现的小问题，就是C里面最后的那个them，OG说them指代不清，可是跟E选项比较，一个是many of them,一个是many of whom，为什么whom就能明确的指代people，而them不可以？them除了指代people，它在这里还能指代什么？

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Jasonay

them 不对是因为 C中的but in Laos with population of only four million people没有主语， them 作为代词优先指代句子中的主语， 所以这里them 没有明确指代对象， 既可以指代laos, 也可以是people.