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烟囱XXQ

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


想问下1.A项中的which指代有歧义吗？
          2.B项中的thereby有问题吗？raising为什么是做副词（在千行中看到的）？
          3.c项中的levels such that表达对吗？such that是用作指代level吗？

kiwifoodtown

说一下：
1. A选项which 指代没歧义，不能指代tourists，必定指代moisture。

2. B选项thereby没问题，raising也没问题，作状语词有副词的功能（如果是定语的话为形容词）

3.C选项里的such that的用法有点问题，通常是such+N+that形式，如果是such that 相当于 so+adj+that，一样是引导结果状语，不是定语从句，不指代。

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kiwifoodtown 发表于 2013-5-9 13:48
说一下：
1. A选项which 指代没歧义，不能指代tourists，必定指代moisture。

傲，对A项中后面有its也表明不可指代tourists，你的意思是指代tourists本身有歧义吗？那D项中的within them也没有指代歧义了？我在千行中看到such as的这个用法，在这里是否适用呢？
such that连用时的用法：

(1) A rule of correspondence between two sets such that there is a unique element in the second set assigned to each element in the first set.  (such向前指代a rule of … sets )
函数两组元素一一对应的规则，第一组中的每个元素在第二组中只有唯一的对应量

(2) Her interest with him is such that she governs him absolutely. (such指代her interest)
她对他的影响非常大，以至于完全控制了他。

(3) The format of the meeting was such that everyone could ask a question.  (such指代the format of the meeting) 会议安排好可让每个人都能提一个问题。

(4) choose x and y such that x + y = 10 (such向前指代x and y)

manhattan里面的看法：

mainly because using "tourists" is illogical. i'm not a big fan of this question, because it seems to go against what we expect of pronouns. the main thing to keep in mind is that pronoun ambiguity is subordinate to more rigorous grammar rules, and the other four choices have very clear mistakes..

kiwifoodtown

烟囱XXQ 发表于 2013-5-9 14:42
傲，对A项中后面有its也表明不可指代tourists，你的意思是指代tourists本身有歧义吗？那D项中的within th ...

我想说，A的错误不在指代上，而是在句子结构的错误，造成了逻辑意思的曲解。

你举的such that 的四个例句：
1，不是我们所说的结果状语从句，所以我这里不评论，

2，括弧的说法错误，这里such不指代，而是=so great

3，同样括弧内说法错误。

4，也不是目的状语从句。

另外，本人水平有限，只能粗略的发表看法，有错误，还望指正。

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kiwifoodtown 发表于 2013-5-9 15:03
我想说，A的错误不在指代上，而是在句子结构的错误，造成了逻辑意思的曲解。

你举的such that 的四个例 ...

非常感谢啦~~

chineuro

humidity肯定是和chambers匹配的，而不是和moisture，所以AB中的its肯定是不对的。A中的such...so that的用法肯定错误，肯定是such...that嘛。

chineuro

within them这个them的指代有没有问题，只能说正确答案告诉我们没有。这要从逻辑上去理解：没有人会讲人的身体里的湿度是多少……而讲密室里的湿度肯定没问题，所以按语义them肯定指chambers。