Minivans的一道老题，做PREP模考给出了不同的答案

小鬼和灵

Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.



A.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

B.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,

C.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they

D.Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

E.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they


大家讨论的版本和GWD版本都一直以来是D，但这次模考prep答案给出的是A，求解!

eshopaholic

我做的时候选A，当时以为错了。

从D的结构看，carrying ....../compared with...  并列修饰minivan; 但从逻辑意思看，compared with ....应该和cost less.... 一个段落。 A选项用and分隔了这两个段落，就比较清楚。

大家讨论

小鬼和灵

是不是carry 7 people应该和cost less都修饰minivans，把compared with most sport utility vehicles当成一个插入语来对待？

grogr

prep新版里面这道题出现了两次，但是其实是有细微差别的
建议lz去下一个prep2008语法笔记，置顶帖里有……

隔夜繁华

D选项的问题应该是compared with most sport utility vehicles结构的修饰歧义吧，因为既可以修饰前面把做七个人和其他车比（其他车可能做不了7个）也可以和后面的cost less等等作比（其他车可能成本更高，用油更多？）

基本是修饰歧义的问题，但A不是修饰歧义，因为and成功阻断了这种歧义可能