Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway begain in 1975.
选项:
A. bringing B. and brings C. and it brings D. and it brought E. and brought
正确答案是A,'bringing is the present participle of the verb to bring used here, it correctly describes an action that happens at the same time as the action in the main clause; bringing indicates that the number of wild birds became 34 when the five eagles left their nests'.
我选的是E,但是答案说E不正确,因为'Five eagles can be the grammatical subject of brought, but not the logical one; it was not the eagles themselves but rather the entire action of their leaving their nests that brought the number to 34'