[求助]OG 128

frankdong

128. New hardy varieties of rice show promise of pro­ducing high yields without the costly requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties.
requirements of irrigation and application of commercial fertilizer by earlier high-yielding varieties
requirements by earlier high-yielding varieties of application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation
requirements for application of commercial fertilizer and irrigation of earlier high-yielding varieties
application of commercial fertilizer and irriga­tion that was required by earlier high-yielding varieties
irrigation and application of commercial fertil­izer that were required by earlier high-yielding varieties
Choice E, the best answer, clearly and grammatically expresses the idea that two costly procedures, irrigation and the applica­tion of... fertilizer, were required by earlier high-yielding varieties of rice. In A, the placement of by earlier... varieties immediately after application of fertilizer suggests that the varieties applied the fertilizer. In B and D, the phrase applica­tion of... fertilizer and irrigation is ambiguous in meaning: it cannot be clearly determined whether applying fertilizer and irrigating are a single operation or two distinct operations. In C, only irrigation--not both irrigation and fertilization--is clearly associated with the earlier... varieties of rice.

D, the phrase applica­tion of... fertilizer and irrigation is ambiguous in meaning: it cannot be clearly determined whether applying fertilizer and irrigating are a single operation or two distinct operations。

这题是考跳跃修饰。可是我觉得D也是修饰明确啊。为什么OG的解释是什么意思？ was 的主语是application，application有两样东西：一是commercial fertilizer ，二是irriga­tion。这就说得蛮清楚的啊？

谢谢。

frankdong

谢谢Hswang的指点！

hierarch

这里的was即可以被理解为修饰application,又可以理解为修饰irragation,造成歧义，所以不好

frankdong

A of B,后面的动作可说明A也可说明B，这题中WAS用来说明application，不行吗？谢谢。

hierarch

答案d中从句中用was,使得从句在语法上可能只修饰irragation，而非原意中要修饰的application, 造成歧义。