that的指代问题

jbc88 · 发表于 2010-10-8 21:24:06

The discovery of glass being expandable and able to be shaped by human breath revolutionized

glassworking to such an extent that today "glassblowing" has become the generic term for all

glassworking, whether the glass is blown or formed by other techniques.

(A) of glass being expandable and able to be

(B) of glass that is capable of expansion and

(C) of glass being capable of expansion and that it can be

(D) that glass can be expanded and it is able to be

(E) that glass can be expanded and

不纠结答案！
看B选项的that指代是什么呀？

希望大家帮帮我，我纠结很久了！

matthewliu1981 · 发表于 2010-10-8 21:37:07

that refers to glass

jbc88 · 发表于 2010-10-8 21:41:15

没有人觉得是 discovery吗？

jbc88 · 发表于 2010-10-9 00:34:07

不是代词优先指代中心词吗？顶一下

fmsunny · 发表于 2010-10-9 01:33:02

这里的that不是指示代词，而是引导一个从句修饰grass

fudanwyh · 发表于 2010-10-9 03:29:26

what is the answer?
don't tell me it is B. OMG

jbc88 · 发表于 2010-10-9 10:21:43

what is the answer?
don't tell me it is B. OMG

-- by 会员 fudanwyh (2010/10/9 3:29:26)

不是B。继续顶。我就是要知道that修饰谁

tangyp · 发表于 2010-10-9 11:41:38

what is the answer?
don't tell me it is B. OMG

-- by 会员 fudanwyh (2010/10/9 3:29:26)

不是B。继续顶。我就是要知道that修饰谁

-- by 会员 jbc88 (2010/10/9 10:21:43)

那B都不是正确答案，又纠结啥呢，这个东西存在这里甚至可能没有意义，可能啥也没有修饰。这里答案应该是E吧，用that来解释discovery

tangyunjie · 发表于 2010-10-10 01:29:43

完全是E，需要解释吗？

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