og38，求助一个以前没有讨论出结论的问题！

ford424

38. Scientists have observed large concentrations of

heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there.

(A)  Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

(B)  Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings

(C)  Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity

(D)  sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area

(E)   sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

All of the choices but D contain ambiguities. In A and B the words which and where appear to refer to sediments, and in E it is not clear what consistent describes. In A, C, and E, there is no logical place to which there or its could refer. In D, the best choice, the phrase sediments from the Baltic Sea tells where the sediments originate, findings provides a noun for consistent to modify, and in the area clearly identifies where the industrial activity is growing.

感觉E中的there很明显可以指代Baltic Sea，但是og问什么说不可以，另外，如果e选项加上finding的后对不对？

谢谢大家！

babypace

这题讨论是有结果的吧。感觉there即使指baltic sea也是不对的阿. industrial activity怎么是在baltic sea里进行的呢？应该是“那个地区的indstrial activity"，那个地区附近有个baltic sea才对。所以OG说那个there没有指代对象，因为“那个地区”在句子里从来没出现过。C就没有这个问题了，不需要指代。

dormousedzc

有个问题还是非常地confused:  

findings consistent with...到底是同位语,还是独立主格结构???

我个人偏向于认为是同位语,相当于findings (that are) consistent with...

OG Verbal Review上说findings refers back to
            the scientists' observations. 貌似也是在暗示这是同位语从句.现在的关键就是搞清楚同位语是否能指代一句话,之前看到的例子都是有明显指代物的. 

例:OG11-72,110,114    VerbalReview-16,77

NNs,help!

fishqw

" findings consistent
                        with the growth of industrial activity in the
                        area "  这个结构应该算什么结构啊？楼上说是同位语，感觉更像独立主格吧。如果是同位语，是谁的同位语呢？

fishqw

有没有NN帮忙解释一下啊，多谢了