og12 sc8 og的解释有疑问，relative clause修饰什么？

detective006

The widely accepted big bang theory holds that the
universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty
billion years ago and has been expanding ever since.
(A)    that the universe began in an explosive instant
ten to twenty billion years ago and has been
expanding
(B)    that the universe had begun in an explosive
instant ten to twenty billion years ago and had
been expanding
(C)    that the beginning of the universe was an
explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago

(D)    the beginning of the universe to have been an
explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago
that is expanding
(E)    the universe to have begun in an explosive
instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has
been expanding

c解释：expanded describes instant
d解释：expanded describes beginning
为什么？不都应该修饰instant吗？

detective006

有没有nn帮忙解释一下？谢谢~

果汁软糖

理解一下句意，难道宇宙初开时的大爆炸可以持续吗？

detective006

我的意思是c、d的错误应该是一样的吧
为什么og的解释是不同的呢？
c解释：expanded describes instant
d解释：expanded describes beginning

团子嘛

这道题我也错了。。。
OG答案的解释是 logical predication 是指选项意思上的错误
C  “an explosive instant...that has expanded" 意思是”大爆炸扩张了”，所以是maks no sense的。。。
D "to have been " 是没必要的吧，我觉得改成 "to be" 就是正确的。
以上浅见。

sunluzhong

D选项to have been an explosive instant  是不定式修饰universe。所以不定式的内容只是作为修饰语
自然，后面的that就指代the beginning了
鄙见鄙见哈。。欢迎讨论！
希望对后面的童鞋有用！