请教先行词的问题：天山真题20

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        uritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

(A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

(B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it

(C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it

(D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them（C）

(E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

请教：此题的先行词是什么？如果是coolness,那么应该用单数，如果是

judgment and mutability，那么第一个从句的先行词如何判断？谢谢！快点恢复吧，偶明天的考期！谢谢！

rt316

that的先行词是coolness and mutability－复数；D中的it指代religious zeal；which和that的先行词相同。

唐三彩

understand......TKS!

vincent0330

有个疑问, 若先行词that&which是复数, 那么coolness与mutability可以共用冠词a吗??

paopao

vincent, mutability is un. pls check it in longman

vincent0330

you're right, but I also check the word, coolness, and it shows in Longman a "uncountable"

that's weird........

paopao

Oh, my god.I don't know, either.

vincent0330

well, sometime ETS also makes a mistake, right??.......

携隐

关于不可数名词前加a，我觉得是表达“一类”的意思。

但我和狗狗有一样的疑问，这里两个名字是共用一个a吗？那么后面就应该用单数。如果不是共用a，那么就是后面的mutability前省略了a。有这样的省略法吗？

携隐

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1.        The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.

(A) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at

(B) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at

(C) in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only

(D) to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only（B）

(E) to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at

两个名词各自拥有一个定冠词，后面谓语才用复数。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-5-28 16:29:36编辑过]