og167. Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the

apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may

explain why they were supplanted by our own species.

(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes

(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's

(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's

(D) The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the apes’

(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the

apes

The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both members of a

compound predicate, the second member being and so were probably

without language. B, the best choice, logically uses Neanderthals as

the subject. Choice A also uses this subject, but the plural pronoun

those does not agree with its singular antecedent, a vocal tract. C,

D, and E present the inappropriate subject vocal tracts, which cannot

logically govern the second member of the predicate (i.e., vocal

tracts cannot be said to be without language). Moreover, it is better

to use the singular in referring to an anatomical feature common to

an entire species; C, D, and E use the plural vocal tracts. D

compounds the problem by giving multiple vocal tracts to one

三个问题,我在以前的讨论中没有查到,可能NN们都不认为这是个问题

1. B的解释看懂了,但是为什么用 resembling, resembled有什么错误?

2. D的解释看不懂, 为什么说是compounds the problem by giving multiple

vocal tracts to one

3. 解释的第一句The sentence requires a subject appropriate to both

members of a compound predicate, the second member being and so were

probably without language.能够详细跟我说说吗??

请NN们帮助指导一下,谢谢.

resembled有过去分词的意思,被动语态了.D的话ETS认为是 tracts 复数的问题.用复数的话,说明N有许多的语言痕迹都和ape的相似,改变了原句的意思,原句说N的语言痕迹和ape的相似,没说多少,只说相似.

问题3,我试着翻译,将就着看.句子需要个主语,这个主语必须适合2个部分,一个是做had trace的主语一个是后面的so were

probably without language.的主语.

1、如果没有 resembling，可以勉强使用含有resembled的从句，但是用V

-ING形式在这里更好，表达了一种普遍的现象；

2、D解释的意思是说该选项综合的犯了前面分析的两个错误，即单复数问题和

逻辑主语问题；

3、翻译一下：该句子要求一个符合复合谓语的主语，谓语的第二部分是so

were probably without language

1， 更同意sammen

2,3, 更同意himba