prep1-149 which指代

DayDreamings

149.

Until Berta and Ernst Scharrer established the concept of neurosecretion in 1928, scientists believed that either cells secreted hormones, which made them endocrine cells and thus part of the endocrine system, or conducted electrical impulses, in which case they were nerve cells and thus part of the nervous system.



(A) either cells secreted hormones, which made them

(B) either cells secreted hormones, making them

(C) either cells secreted hormones and were

(D) cells either secreted hormones, in which case they were

(E) cells either secreted hormones, which made them

请问D中的which指代谁啊？

brunhildS

which 指代　cell secreat hormones这个过程

MarilynR

如果没有后面同样的IN WHICH CASE与之并列的话，第五个选项直接用逗号加WHICH是不是也是对的？

brunhildS

E中which 指代错误，指hormones.

但我觉得这题出的不好，虽然可通过平行对称选Ｄ，但Ｄ里面的they 的指代就没有歧义了吗？　我觉得他可以指代cells, 也可以指代hormones。

大家觉得哪？

MarilynR

WHICH的确是指代HORMONES的啊，第5句的意思就是分泌出来的HORMONES使一般的CELLS变成了ENDORCRINE CELLS啊，我觉得没有什么错误啊

piacia

hormones 只能是被 endorcrine cell 分泌出来，hormones 本身不能制造 endorcrine cell. endorcrine cell 是人体众多细胞种类中的一种，功能是分泌 hormones.

sayysong

根据 Longman,
in which case = if this happened 指代整句话　cells secreted hormones

关于指代整个句子可以使用的方法总结
which 不能指代整句话，但变为 in which case 可以。 as = in the way that 也有相同功能。此外用一概括性名词引导的同位语从句，因该也可有这种语法功能。

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