Q39:

Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.

A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,

C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they

D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they

answer: D

这道题以前很多高人讨论过，我也选的A, 我想问一下，过去分词短语可否向前修饰一个现在分词短语，或跳跃修饰现在分词短语前的名词？象D选项一样。

如果这样语法也讲得通的话，compared with most sport utility vehicles 是否有个修饰不明的问题，既可向前修饰，也可向后修饰？

由未划线的get,allow,and have 可以判断 前面应该是cost less 的结构且意群上的平行，C，E 可以排除；

A 中的 and 要是平行结构，那么后面就只能跟一个动词了；B 中的they 造成了主语冲突，这个在托福中尤其多见～

我觉得不存在这个问题。因为如果向前修饰则两个分词之间必须要有and连接，这里

没有，所以显然是修饰后面的。我觉得这就是ETS所想考的东西。

我支持D
在我看来，ETS是在考平行结构中and的位置。A，B，and C .才是平行结构，而A and, B

构不成平行。

A is right.but D changes its original meaning.

In A, minivans are compared with vehicles; but in D, minivans (only) which

carry as many as 7 passengers are compared with vehicles.

so...

不太同意楼上的说法...

D中carrying as many as seven passengers 做插入语成分修饰 minivans。

所以仍然是minivans，compared with vehicles, 比较的成分都是相同的。

不敢同意对D的说法，

carrying as many as 7 passengers是对minivans的说明，有它无它，minivans都是carry 7个人左右的，因为minivan本身就是一种车型--小型货车，类似小面包的那种。因此这里不存在only carry的说法，比较的双方还是minivans和most SUV's。因此我支持选D。