讨论补充题－19

lost_my_account

19.   The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was normal.

(A) to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was

(B) to have had children born with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of the pregnancies was

(C) either to have had children with heart defects or miscarriages, without any of their pregnancies being

(D) either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was（D）

(E) either to have had miscarriages or children born with heart defects, without any of their pregnancies being

从PARALLEL的角度来讲，D肯定是对的。但是它后面跟着的“；none of the pregnancies was……”却让我很疑惑。这个句子整体是完整的，这里用分号隔开一个分句的两层意思是不是不可以？我觉得不可以？

rt316

你的说法有道理，相比于用逗号+and连接两个有关系的句子，用分号的确显得句子的联系性要弱一些，但是一来分号毕竟不是句号，分号还是能够表达句子的联系的，尽管显得不是很紧密；二来，语法答案的选择是优选，即5个里面选最好的，而不是填空，所以除了分号的一点或许的缺陷，D没有其他致命错误，而其他选项都有致命错误，所以答案只能是D

lost_my_account

是啊。我觉得，无论在什么时候，ETS在SC这部分最重视都是parallel。。。

iceboy

语法答案的选择是优选，即5个里面选最好的，而不是填空，所以除了分号的一点或许的缺陷，

经典.lost_my_account 你要加强的是这种理解.

lost_my_account

是。。版主教导，紧记心间。。^_^