Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world's social wasps, wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile female workers.


wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of

wasps that live in a highly cooperative and organized society consisting almost entirely of

which means they live in a highly cooperative and organized society, almost all

which means that their society is highly cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely

living in a society that is highly cooperative, organized, and it consists of almost all

考题讲解

题目分析:
本题主句的谓语动词number长得有点像名词,这使得很多考生读完了一遍句子发现自己好像没有看懂。从划线部分开始其实是一个同位语,同位the world’s social wasps。

选项分析:

A选项:复数代词they在语法上只能指代复数名词wasps,但是在逻辑上,由女王和工人组成的应该是某一个社会(society)而不是wasps。

B选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。

C选项:which means引导的是定语从句,必须就近修饰一个单数名词,但是在整个主句中皆没有单数名词,因此,本选项具有语法错误。

D选项:
which means错误同(C);it is almost entirely females中的be动词措辞有误,应该是it consists almost entirely females。另外,本选项中并列连词and连接的是Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world's social wasps和it is almost entirely females—the queen and her sterile female workers(不能和live并列的原因是and身前的逗号以及live句是一个定语从句,而and身后这个句子并不缺少任何成分,肯定不是定语从句)。在逻辑上,“黄蜂是什么”和“社会的组成”之间没有并列的关系。

E选项:
并列连词and连接对象错误同(D)。

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