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juan

Scientists have recently discovered that the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly’s wings, the same as the one making some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence, are enabling the insect to control how much heat energy is absorbed by its wings and how much is reflected away.

C: wings is the same as the one that makes some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence, enabling

D: wings—the same construction that makes some butterflies shimmer via the phenomenon of iridescence—also enables

我选C。the one 指代前面的the ultrathin, layered construction.enabling....做前面句子的伴随状语,解释说明前面的句子.

D中 the same construction that....that从句修饰the same construction,其实破折号后就是the same construction(that从句),感觉象没说完一样.

关于the one指代的问题,参看下面这2个例子:

大全790:

       The number of mountain gorillas is declining with such rapidity that the population is one-half in the twenty years between a count made by George Schaller in 1960 and the one made by Dian Fossey in 1980.

(A) with such rapidity that the population is one-half

(B) with such rapidity that the population was one-half

(C) so rapidly the population divided in half

(D) so rapidly that the population was halved（D）

(E) in such rapidity that the population is halved

大全489

Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster.” B

(A) Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster.”

(B) Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster” similar to the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, which, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river.

(C) Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster” similar to Loch Ness’s, which, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river.

(D) Like Loch Ness’ reputed monster, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster.”（B）

(E) Similar to that reputed to live in Loch Ness, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster.”

多多讨论.

vincent0330

(C) the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly’s wings is the same as the one that ......., enabling...........

后面的enabling表伴随的涵义不清楚.....

再说is the same as the one that很怪异, 用 is the same one that 会比教简洁.....

个人意见....

godblessme

D.一直看OG的题目，好熟悉，看到新题居然有点慌。看来要多做题目。

alert_wf

Agree with Juan

D中﹐ 破折号后的the same construction that makes 。。。。ALSO enables。。。全在修飾layered construction of a butterfly’s wings﹐這樣主句就只剩下Scientists have recently discovered that the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly’s wings了。如果D中後面的破折号換成逗號﹐還講得過去。

leeon

     Each of Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels.

(A) Each of Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were strong and interesting women,

(B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—each of them Hemingway’s wives—were strong and interesting women,

(C) Hemingway’s wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—were all strong and interesting women,

(D) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—each a wife of Hemingway, was（C）

(E) Strong and interesting women—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh—every one of Hemingway’s wives were

关于破折号中句子部分的作用，可以参考这道题。就是一插入语，起补充说明作用。

D中的句子结构是Scientists have recently discovered that...construction...also enables...

juan

以下是引用alert_wf在2004-7-1 9:22:00的发言：

Agree with Juan

D中﹐ 破折号后的the same construction that makes 。。。。ALSO enables。。。全在修飾layered construction of a butterfly’s wings﹐這樣主句就只剩下Scientists have recently discovered that the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly’s wings了。如果D中後面的破折号換成逗號﹐還講得過去。

我的理解不是你说的这样的。 D是完整的句子。破折号可以看成插入语。

lwei1016

以下是引用vincent0330在2004-7-1 4:38:00的发言：

(C) the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly’s wings is the same as the one that ......., enabling...........

后面的enabling表伴随的涵义不清楚.....

再说is the same as the one that很怪异, 用 is the same one that 会比教简洁.....

个人意见....

同意老兄！只有D的句子结构最简洁。

leeon

原句的意思是说：科学家发现蝴蝶翅膀的结构使得这种昆虫能控制多少的热能被翅膀吸收，多少的热能被反射。用C的enabling将句子的重心偏向于动作makes,如果把enabling看成是make动作的伴随动作的话，句意就完全改变，is the same as the one that就显得多余。

lost_my_account

我选C，虽然一开始选了D。只因为那个ALSO太怪异。。这个ALSO从何而来？

谁能说一说那个“－”的用法

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-5 11:55:14编辑过]

lost_my_account

杀回来。我还是同意D。重新看了一遍题目。