语法大全上真题59

zoewhq

Affording strategic proximity to the strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.

(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

正确答案是B

这题的they assumed的这个they指的是谁？它和B选项的their指代一致吗？不一致的话，their指代的是谁呢？

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sorcerer

Affording strategic proximity to the strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.

(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

正确答案是B

这题的they assumed的这个they指的是谁？它和B选项的their指代一致吗？不一致的话，their指代的是谁呢？

十分感谢大家的帮助

-- by 会员 zoewhq (2011/4/6 22:52:47)

they 是the French. they 和their一致
Affording strategic proximity to the strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French
throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that
without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure

他们（法国人）认为没有它（Morocco），他们（法国人的）对Algeria的掌控将绝不会安全（直译好怪，就是不会安全）

Gail小M

they和their一致: French

zoewhq

恩，明白了，谢谢

zoewhq

Affording strategic proximity to the strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.

(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

正确答案是B

这题的they assumed的这个they指的是谁？它和B选项的their指代一致吗？不一致的话，their指代的是谁呢？

十分感谢大家的帮助

-- by 会员 zoewhq (2011/4/6 22:52:47)

they 是the French. they 和their一致
Affording strategic proximity to the strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French
throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that
without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure

他们（法国人）认为没有它（Morocco），他们（法国人的）对Algeria的掌控将绝不会安全（直译好怪，就是不会安全）

-- by 会员 sorcerer (2011/4/7 10:18:40)

恩，明白了，谢谢