OG246

jefferyli

246. Joachim Raff and Giacomo Meyerbeer are examples of the kind of composer who receives popular acclaim while living, often goes into decline after death, and never regains popularity again.
(A) often goes into decline after death, and never regains popularity again
(B) whose reputation declines after death and never regains its status again
(C) but whose reputation declines after death and never regains its former status
(D) who declines in reputation after death and who never regained popularity again
(E) then has declined in reputation after death and never regained popularity

Key: C, agree. The question here is the highlighted after death, gramatically it should refer to reputation in first priority, rather than to composer, therefore causing confusing, am I right?

rt316

我赞成你的看法，认为在这里的确有修饰模糊的问题，我认为在这里ETS确实存在不严谨的地方，不过对于本题，我们在参考选项时要领会ETS的考点，才能在矮子里挑将军。

bigp

正好印证了我的想法，谢谢石头人。

mmmzzz

its修饰composer，在可男可女的情况下，用its吧！

个人浅见，NN们看看！！

携隐

its修饰的是reputation

jaredyu

关于its的修饰我还是不明白,由于its前面出现了composer和reputation两个单数名词.在这里its应该是指代不清啊.

薰衣紫草

composer是人, 即使用代词也不是its, 所以这里不存在指代不清.

jaredyu

明白了,谢谢版主

icare1

ok loh

ustoday

是這樣媽? 我記得its可以代人(當主詞無分男女時)

是因為這裡whose reputation 的關係

重心變成以reputation為主吧

請告訴我哪一個才對