[求助]天山4-12

mahyar

E

mahyar

改选D

从each per year 看说明是一头牛，另外2275 gallons 也说明只能是一头牛的产量，所以E和A中的cows 都错

ddmm2002

不同意楼上的理由。复数主语加each的例子在og里很多。

huawang

支持A…

不过我觉得这题有点怪怪的…

因为each per year应该用现在式就好了吧??

A的结构是不是能简化成 :

For the farmer (who…), providing… and milking…, H cows are….

不过原题中,and milking前的 , 也不佳…

都被搞晕了…

anyname

支持E。这里过去分词应该没有歧义，至少不比现在分词更歧义（cows provide and milk?）。而且E比A简洁，A里providing them..., milking them...，them重复太多次。

For the farmer who takes care to keep them cool, provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce an average of 2,275 gallons of
milk each per year.

等于

Provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce an average of 2,275 gallons of milk each per year for the farmer who takes care to keep them cool.

scorpio0001

同意楼上，支持E。

关于时态的问题，我认为用将来时比现在进行时更有说服力。

我们不是经常说：通过什么什么先进技术，产量将预计达到每年多少多少。是说得通的。

然而，产量正在每年多少多少。有点怪怪的，如果是这种情况，用一般现在时比正在进行时要好得多。

laoyv

The E should be picked, "provided..., and milked...." is the conditional clause, the main sentence should use future tense in order to make sense.

wall_street

选A的各位，A翻译出来以后是什么意思阿。

autumn_leaves

错选了A,感觉好象还是E好点...

ring_cheng

Q12:
For the farmer who takes care to keep them cool, providing them with high-energy feed,
and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing an average of 2,275 gallons of
milk each per year.

A. providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing

B.   providing them with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces

C.  provided with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing

D. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces

E.  provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce

我觉得这道题的解题思路还是非常清楚的：

首先：从未划线部分For the farmer who takes care to keep them cool，them必须后指复数cows, 出现单数cow属于绝对错误。因此B/D错；

其次：C中的providing / milked 逻辑主语不一致，错；

最后：E中的provided / milked 是dangling modifier, 因为即可以修饰前面的them, 也可以修饰后面的cows。如果修饰them, 作后置定语；如果修饰cows则为分词作状语，它们在句中所作成分有歧义导致整句话有歧义。

而A中的providing them with..., and milking them.....,

1）明确修饰对象只能是farmer，而不能是cows, 因此逻辑意思正确；

2）虽然A重复them太罗嗦，但比起E的correctiveness的错误，这属于efficiency 错误，不能作为排除A的绝对理由。

SO，the ans should be A.

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