一道GWD的语法题

stone021

Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain dwellers, although
E.It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since

答案是A，请问老师如何区分A和E的语意，
同时请教A中which would make it seem that 是修饰elk的么？？
做题时我的临场反应时觉得不知道it在说谁就把正确答案给排除了。。。

bigpig

等待James老师的精彩回答，呵呵

s

答案是Ａ，你确定？

s

如果是A,那我也有问题，B哪里错了？

James

回复 4# s


    这个题目选B
应该是答案给错了 赫赫：）

James

首先我们看看原句，原句中有两个问题，一个是which的指代问题，这里which的指代是模糊不清的，语法上应该就近指代前面的Rocky Montains，但是逻辑意思上市要指代前面的整个句子，另外一个问题是while的使用，这里应该使用but而不是while，因为原文希望强调的是后面那个分句的意思而不是前面那个

B选项回避了上述两个问题，使逻辑意思非常明确
C选项的because of their living是非常笨拙的表达法，同时but still的still是额外加上的，没有任何意义，
D选项的now living结构和后面的it would seem that的it 没有一致性关系
E选项的since的使用是不正确的，原文希望表达转折关系而不是因果关系。

希望这样的解释能够帮助你
另外 如果可能的话就把题号标注出来：）

myice

哇塞，感谢James百忙之中给我们解答问题呀

s

回复 5# James


    知道了，感谢James