[問題]大全987-Q59

[yutsang_0611]

59.Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout the first half of the twentieth century because they assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure.
(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if they did not hold it

答案是(B)，可是我選(E)，大全注釋寫說(E)中的it有指代不清楚的問題，請問(B)的it就不會有指代不清楚嗎？
(E)倒裝強調Never不是ok嗎？
請大大們幫幫忙

[hsudk]

這題OG11中有詳細的解釋
1. it 的指代順序：優先往前指代。(E)中it 往前指代有可能指代Morocco，也有可能指代Algeria；但(B)中往前指代，很清楚地指代Morocco。
2. 將直述句改為倒裝句會產生原句重心改變，有改變句意之嫌。除非沒有更好的選擇，否則不要選。

[yutsang_0611]

我沒有OG11的書(我手邊是舊版的OG10th)，不過我有電子檔，請問一下這題對應到OG11第幾題呢？
感謝

[hsudk]

第57題

[Jen-Cheng]

請問一下這一題可以從這個思路去解嗎?

assume:假定，所以句中有"if"...redundant..A,C,E都可以刪.?

by the way, they是指French嗎?為什麼可以指法國，不是也應該要用it?

[hsudk]

Good point!
assume 後面的 that 子句裡必須是事實，得用肯定或否定句，但不可用假設或虛擬 "if".

French 前面有冠詞 the，表示法國人，必須用they.

[Jen-Cheng]

樓上的hsudk大大，請問一下，你都查從那找到的啊，有沒有什麼好的工具書，介紹一下，謝謝。

[yutsang_0611]

assume跟if 是redundancy，這個厲害~~

[hsudk]

我沒有看文法書，但推薦三種參考資料：
1. CD 的討論稿
2. GmatClub 的討論稿: www.gmatclub.com
3. Longman字典: www.longman.com