求NN指导!OG13 sc 第8题

范范范范小安

8. In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.



(A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing



(B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled, thereby raising its humidity to such levels that salt from the stone would crystallize



(C) because tourists were exhaling moisture, which had raised the humidity within them to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize



(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize



(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing

正确答案是e
我的疑惑是关于cd两个选项的them的指代问题。
答案说cd的them指代tourists，而e的them指代chamber。
个人看着非常纠结不知道是怎么看出来的(T ^ T)
求大神指导〜或者丢个以前关于这道题的讨论帖给我也行〜〜〜
万分感谢！！！！

victor198506

分享下我的解题思路：
因为句末and fungus was growing， 所以and前面应该是was crystallizing，所以排除B,C,D项
A选项中的its与复数先行词chambers矛盾，所以排除A

adamzjw

看很多国外的论坛好像都不建议关注pronoun ambiguity。
因为，很多时候非常难区分，可能你觉得是ambiguity但是那句话又是对的。
即使是Gmat自己也在RC中出现过pronoun ambiguity（manhattanGMAT说的）。
更何况很少会将pronoun的ambiguity单独作为一个考点（一定还有其他的地方可以出现错误）

如果这题硬要给个理由的话，我觉得是句子的结构造成的。
the chambers （inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza） were closed to visitors （for cleaning and repair）, because moisture (exhaled by tourists) had raised the humidity (within them) to such levels (that salt from the stone was crystallizing).

the chambers （inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza） were closed to visitors （for cleaning and repair）, because tourists were exhaling moisture, (which had raised the humidity (within them) (to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize))

the chambers （inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza） were closed to visitors （for cleaning and repair） (because of moisture (that was exhaled by tourists (raising the humidity (within them) (to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize))))

只有第一个E的句子中，within them要跳到同级的另一个modifier中才能修饰到them，相比起来更可能指代的对象就是chambers了。

我在manhattan中没有看到支持我这个解释的论据，望NN来总结。

范范范范小安

嗯嗯说得有道理！

kiwifoodtown

同意LS的句子结构的观点，我认为代词的指代的不同在很大程度上要取决于它们所在主从句的位置。

雨然

同意上面的观点。不过有个小小的疑问，撇开句子结构不谈，此处的due to和because在用法上有什么偏好吗？仅仅就划线的前半部分而言，用due to是不是比because+clause的结构更简洁（假设句子结构都对的情况下）？

googookiroro

掌握一点就不会错了。代词指代顺序。 优先指代主语核心词。C选项becuase tourists were exhaling moisture,which had rased the humidility within them to levels such that slat from the stone would crystallize. tourists是主语。所以them指代tourists。你自己看一下其他选项的主语。再看一下指代词就很明显了。其实OG13 SC第七题也是一样的道理关于那个it和they。看样子第七题你都没弄懂。

冷月无声5555

请问这里的them应该指代tourists吧？可是句意不懂了。。因为游客的呼吸增加了他们自己体内的湿度？

范范范范小安

冷月无声5555 发表于 2013-4-9 07:55
请问这里的them应该指代tourists吧？可是句意不懂了。。因为游客的呼吸增加了他们自己体内的湿度？ ...

E是正确选项！them指代chamber~

范范范范小安

googookiroro 发表于 2013-4-9 05:29
掌握一点就不会错了。代词指代顺序。 优先指代主语核心词。C选项becuase tourists were exhaling moisture, ...

被说中了><第7题错好多次。。。一有指代问题就晕乎TAT