考古題form32-Q5

[香波寶]

The Forbidden City in Beijing, from which the emperors ruled by heavenly mandate, was a site which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission on pain of death.

(A) which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission,
(B) which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only
(C) which no commoner or foreigner could enter without permission,
(D) which, without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could only enter.
(E) which, to enter without permission, neither commoner or foreigner could do.

正確答案：C
(B) 意思與題意相反
(D) or不對，only位置有誤
(E) or不對
請問：
(A) 錯在哪裡？
(A)(C) 最後的逗點 跟on pain of death的關係是？
麻煩高手解惑了，謝謝！

[香波寶]

自己先解釋一下~
on pain of death：
if you are told to do something on pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it.
例句：They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death.

[香波寶]

希望大家幫幫忙囉！

[swiss0204]

一般 "not a" 加 noun 或是 "not any" 加 noun 等於 " no " 加 noun. 所以~我認為 (A) 選項裡的 a commoner or foreigner could not enter 跟 (C) 選項裡的 no commoner or foreigner could enter 相較,
(C) 選項是來的比較簡潔~~

以上為我的看法~~ 請各位高手多多指教~

[pamelatsai]

這題有人可以解答嗎?
如果用on pain of death 的話,看起來像是沒有permission進去的人會被處罰
那答案看起來就像(B)
which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only on pain of death
(C)的句意我還是不大懂耶~~

謝謝~

[yhlin]

(A)的not和on pain of death都修飾enter，這樣造成句意不對，另外without已經有否定的意思，不用再加any(i.e. wordy)
(B)改變句意，邏輯也不正確

[ntmaster]

在我看來這是考一個強調句型的用法： No S could + V + without + N/Ving

No one could get high score without John's help. ---> (C)句型

One could not get high score without John's help ---> (A)句型

(C)句型比 (A)句型強有力多了