OG12- 43 Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many are
members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north. (A) about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many
(B) of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a population of only four million, and many
(C) that is about the same size as Great Britain’s land area, but in Laos with a population of only four million people, many of them
(D) comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many (E) comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom
题目释义：Laos has a land area… but a population…
考点：
1. 比较对象要形式对称，性质相同；特别指出文中size和area是可以比的，因为area有面积的意思，但是不能像A里面那样说两个area是the same,而要用equal或者comparable来表达数值上的对等，而不是地域或其他方面上的对等
2. 连词的运用：仅凭逗号是不可以连接两个句子的
3. 定语从句的关系连词：that/介词+which
4. 有人说E中people和population是重复表达，aeoluseros指出，population和people一个是"数量",一个人人群，重心不同，不重复.
选项分析：
A. Land不可以和GB比较；where不可以作为population的连接词
B. Is和has不对应；Land不可以和GB比较；
C. 定语从句wordy，用形容词短语就可以，更加简洁，而且意思没减少；with短语做状语修饰many of them不合理；them指代不明
D. only 4 million in population表达不准确；and many的使用使句子结构改变，本来这一句是修饰成分，现在却成了并列的主干
E. correct作者: arthurman 时间: 2011-3-6 21:15
C选项是不是也可以这么理解
1.比较对象land area 重复出现---wordy
2.but???，many of them???---句子重心改变
3.them---in???with???of??? people的层过深，或者说可以像D选项一样直接用many，而没必要用many of them.
(E) comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom
看了答案才意识到but引导的平行结构很漂亮。a land area about???, but a population of ???作者: weixuan 时间: 2011-3-11 22:16
