求prep破解题74 (28503-!-item-!-188;#058&003635)

kudoucliff

74.(28503-!-item-!-188;#058&003635)
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products of natural selection, favored due to their enhancement of reproduction or survival, but that they are simply random by-products of other evolutionary developments.

(A) due to their enhancement of reproduction or survival, but that they are

(B) due to the reproduction or survival they enhance, but they are

(C) because they enhance reproduction or survival, but

(D) because they enhance reproduction or survival, but are

(E) because of enhancing reproduction or survival, but are
此题答案是D，我选C，前面的句子里are not，动词are是在not之前啊，那么but之后为什么还要加are呢……
而且不是谓语都是be的时候，从句要省略be动词吗？

chenwei55143

this is irritating. i would also choose c if i were in the test. i guess the explanation would be that "but" is a bit ambiguous.
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products of natural selection, favoredbecause they enhance reproduction or survival, but simply random by-products of other evolutionary developments

modifying "the products of natural selection"

so it is ambiguous

kudoucliff

谢谢回答
但是，but那句如果修饰products的话，那么它的成分是什么呢？

chenwei55143

En....to help u understand, here is one example.

Lisa is not a person like Siren, loved by Jim, but a truly whore.
Lisa is not a person like Siren, loved by Jim, but a truly whore.

jbc88

are应该是消除歧义的。

viridian

luoweijia0511

ARE NOT...BUT ARE...是不是平行?

universer

同求解答
be not but be是平行的，而且就是应该这样写的

我的问题是，如果说but有歧义，可能会做介词的错觉。
为神马不出be动词，说明but是连词了，歧义就消除了？

还有有可能成为they do 。。。, but are 。。。的平行对称句

毕竟do动词可以和be动词并列，求nn解答