GWD-13-30

crazyep

Q30:

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.

which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago

which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters

and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters

amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago

amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

答案是D，请问A有什么地方不好？

A 中用了WHICH 是不是只能指代最近的，California ??

" , which do..." 和“ ,doing ...." 的主要区别是什么？

crazyep

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Maggieyin

which 应该指a minority; 它是a minority in California, 这一名词结构中的核心成份。

区别在于简洁性上吧，考试中一般优先使用doing 结构。

agk99

除了簡潔之外，還有沒有其他理由讓我們選D不選A

only嗎?

xiximelody

简洁，我觉得大家这点说得不错，而且很有道理，但是不管是白勇的书还是XDF老师都说过，在原句中表示程度的词不可以随意被替换掉。例如：only,the only ,most等。

请教~~

somiz

ls的，新东方老师还说个，五个选项有个四个有，一个没有，那个肯定是错的。 你看only只有A 有，A不就排除了。不能这么想

 他们说的这些细节方面得有不能造成歧义的前提，A中which,明显会带来歧义。

daling823

哈哈！Nash Equilibrium!

caizeen

以下是引用crazyep在2004-9-17 20:56:00的发言：

Q30:

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.

1. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago

2. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
3. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
4. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago

5. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

答案是D，请问A有什么地方不好？

按照坛子里一个关于which的超长贴的讨论结果来看，此题的which的修饰对象都为独立结构，所以which所修饰的都是独立结构的宾语的中心词a minority；而答案d，作为分词amounting修饰的主语non-Hispanic Whites结合划线部分的后半段数量方面的表述，肯定更精确的是特指***Whites，而不是虚指的a minority。

也有从简洁性的要点来考量。个人见解。 

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-5-30 12:42:33编辑过]

enrique1313

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amounting 对应的应该是whites因为是数量上的比较！而不是一个集合的概念

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