OG13-8,指代问题

qiongle

8. In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repairdue 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

E选项的them为什么clearly指代 chambers，而不会造成指代tourists的歧义？

enkyklios

这个问题好像看到过很多讨论，楼主翻一翻

板栗在奋斗

逻辑上要通~

qiongle

这个them，看了几个帖子，众说纷纭。有的说代词不代介宾所以不歧义，有的说可以说E的them是歧义的，只是E选项比起其他的更好。
到底是哪种情况现在搞不清楚。

拧发条喵

这道题的考点主要是平行，
而关于这里的指代确实没有明确的解释，但是指代模糊并不是fatal error……SO。。建议不要太过纠结这个了
做题的时候最好也不要把指代模糊作为排除的优先依据……