B or C?

cnritter

2. Puritan fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.
A)        but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it
B)        but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it
C)        but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it
D)        but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them
E)        which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

redpot

I am confused.  Why "a coolness of judgement and mutability of purpose" is a plaural?

tongxun

welcome home, guoguo!
因为 a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose 是复数
Both that and which refer to the same thing。you are right。

guoguo

i think that the words "that" ,"which" seem to refer to the same " a coolness ......",why not choose A?

cnritter

答案应为B。which指a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose ，表明一种属性时应用单数 a natural****，同时与it对应（指zeal）

primefang

清 cnritter，公布答案，此题着实令人头痛

zinco

1, but应该不会 表转折地 去连接非限定性which 从句和限定性that从句。
2, zeal   和  coolness  都能与单数was 对 应。

zinco

the answer may be E.

tongxun

THAT指带的就是它a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose 上面的帖子在复制时少了东西。题目应该将两者在内涵上作为一统一的东西考虑，所以后面用a。因此，我还是认为选B。

primefang

可能是  a coolness of judgment and mutability of purpose