白勇P103-34 it 的指代

applemay

Japan received huge sums of capital from the U.S after the Second World War, using it to help build a modern industrial system.
A Japan received huge sums of capital from the U.s after the Second World War, using it to help build
B Japan received huge sums of capital from the U.S after the Second World War and used it to help in building
C Japan used the huge sums of capital it received from the U.S after the Second World War to help build
D Japan's huge sums of capital received from the U.S after the Second World War were used to help it in building
E Receiving huge sums of capital from the U. S after the Second World War, Japan used it to help build

答案是 C

不明白解释的这个说法： -ing 分词短语中的it语法上应该指代逐句中的单数名词the U.S, 但逻辑意思上应该指代复数名词短语huge sums of capital, 代词指代在语法和逻辑上产生矛盾。所以排除ABE选项。
it 为什么语法上应该指代U.S呢？？？  怎么看B都挺顺眼的  求G友指教！ 感谢！

cherryserena

sums of*** 后面的谓语动词由sums决定 是复数 白勇上好像是这样写的

appleontree

huge sums of capital为什么是复数呢？？？~~

applemay

啊！！ 明白了  谢谢！

alexgong

我想请问一下，我一直不明白，代词指代的问题，那么这个it是否从语法上也可以理解为指代the Second World War?

谢谢！

by_j2011

因为若要指代huge sums of capital 的话不应该用单数代词it，而应该用复数代词them
由于是the US 是单数所以语法上指代它咯。