The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats.
a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,
a phenomenon most scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,
which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,
which most scientists agree to be a phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
题目分析:
本题的划线部分是global warming的同位语或者定语,它的变化并不影响整个句子主干的表达。
选项分析:
A选项:首先我们需要先把这个句型看懂,由于先行词a phenomenon在其身后的定语从句中充当宾语,所以这里省略了引导词that,补全则有:
a phenomenon that most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels
在定语从句中,若将先行词代入位置,则有:
most scientists agree a phenomenon to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels
在本选项中,引起这个现象的是human beings in burning fossil fuels,这个名词短语中的核心词是human beings。但在逻辑上,真正引起气候变暖的应该是人类焚烧化石能源这个行为,而不是人类本身。
另外,agree A to be B不是正确的表达,应该用agree that A do B。(考查“不定式和从句的区别”,由于agree的约束力较弱,所以必须用宾语从句)
B选项:本选项中先行词a phenomenon实际上是做agree的宾语从句中的主语,即:
most scientists agree that a phenomenon is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings
同(A)理,正引起气候变暖的应该是人类焚烧化石能源这个行为,而不是化石燃料本身。
C选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确。本选项a phenomenon身后的定语从句学名叫嵌入式关系分句。
D选项:cause逻辑主语的核心词错误同(A)。
E选项:cause逻辑主语的核心词错误同(B)。
(转)其实这题的fatal error就在于caused by xxx的xxx上,至于同位语还是定语从句,如果用Ron的话说就是both are fine,无法作为the basis of elimination of the option,我们要排除某个的依据是致命错误,真不是这个比那个感觉好所以选这个啥那个。首先搞清楚,温室效应is caused by 人类燃烧煤炭,注意,既不是casued by人类,也不是caused by煤炭,而是人类燃烧煤炭这个动作,或说这个举措,这也是本道题的考点。
Ron对此反复举例说明,怎么用名词性结构来形容一个动作?要用“所有格”结构。即“sb\'s doing/done”。例如: People laughed at my walking to the classroom, 人们笑的既不是我也不是教室,而是我走向教室的这个动作。
agree to do错误
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