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The bones of Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembles South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered in Madagascar.

(A) The bones of Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur that is a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembles South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered in Madagascar.

(B) The bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, a distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and with a close resemblance to South American predatory dinosaurs, has been discovered in Madagascar.

(C) In Madagascar, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembled South American predatory dinosaurs, have been discovered.

(D) A distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, bearing a close resemblance to South American predatory dinosaurs is Majungatholus atopus, a meat-eating dinosaur, the bones of which have been discovered in Madagascar.（A）

(E) A distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and closely resembling South American predatory dinosaurs, the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, have been discovered in Madagascar.

OA:A

我想问两个问题：

1、A中的同位语从句用了一般现在时，可是dinosaur是已经灭绝的物种，似乎应该用过去时吧。记得OG11上有道题也是讲灭绝的动物在它们存在的时代的事情，选项强调用过去时而不能用一般现在时。请问大家面对这种灭绝物种生前事情的题，怎么取舍时态，有什么规则？

2、C中结构为“名词1 of 名词2，名词2的同位语，定语”的结构，意在用“定语”修饰“名词2的同位语”，这样的结构本身是否会造成：“名词2的同位语”是一个插入语，而“定语”跳过插入语去修饰“名词1”的歧义？

请各位帮忙解答，谢谢。

谢回复。

1、现在暂时没找到。但是对此题我的脑中有印象，我再继续找。

2、本题C中，“the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur, Majungatholus atopus, distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex ”distantly related是majungatholus atopus的非限定定语而不是限定定语吧。这个能不能接受呢？会不会语法上修饰到bones去？

 再请教

所以楼主认为Majungatholus atopus是一个插入语，完全不影响句子的结构。

这样解释说得通。

我做此题时搞混了一个知识点：逗号隔开的状语/分词结构连用，会造成多重修饰对象的歧异。

看来同位语，特别是插入语式的同位语不会产生此歧异。

谢谢版主！