Some anthropologists believe that the genetic homogeneity evident in the world's people is the result of a "population bottleneck" -at some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event, greatly reducing their numbers and thus our genetic variation.
97. Some anthropologists believe that the genetic homogeneity evident in the world's people is the result of a "population bottleneck"—at some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event, greatly reducing their numbers and thus our genetic variation. (A) at some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event, greatly reducing their numbers (B) that at some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event that greatly reduced their numbers (C) that some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event so that their numbers were greatly reduced, (D) some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event from which their numbers were greatly reduced (E) some time in the past, that our ancestors suffered an event so as to reduce their numbers greatly, 答案选b
选项a中有句解释不太理解 The agent or cause of reducing is unclear. 除却-that的区分点,a选项中用comma+Ving满足了Ron所说: the "comma + ing" modifiershould only be used when: (A) it MODIFIES THE ENTIRE ACTION of the preceding clause, and it APPLIES TO THE SUBJECT of that clause; AND (B) one of the following is true: (1) the "ing" action is SIMULTANEOUS with, and SUBORDINATEto, the main action; - i ran down the sidewalk, flapping my arms wildly (2) the "ing" action is a DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE ofthe main action. - i got a 100 on the most recent exam, bringing my average up to 91 since COMMA + -ING clauses are automatically attributed to the SUBJECTof the preceding clause, this modifies the moon. as it clearly should, in context.
嗯嗯,谢谢!后来想明白了 (A) at some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event, greatly reducing their numbers ancestor是主语,如果用Ving,那么reducing的逻辑主语也必须是ancestor。这样就不合理~
嗯嗯,谢谢!后来想明白了 (A) at some time in the past our ancestors suffered an event, greatly reducing their numbers ancestor是主语,如果用Ving,那么reducing的逻辑主语也必须是ancestor。这样就不合理~
记录一下,以后同样问题的们就能搜到了,谢谢!
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。。。。。看来,您还是没明白。 A选项中,greatly reducing their numbers。。。。作状语,它的逻辑主语必须与主句主语相一致,也就是说 Some anthropologists 在形式上应该是主语,greatly reducing their numbers 应修饰Some anthropologists believe。。。。表示结果。但这样一来,它的逻辑意思就会狗屁不通了。这就是A选项错的原因。