[問題]Prep-T2-Q47

[可樂]

47. Those skeptical of the extent of global warming argue that short-term temperature data are an inadequate means of predicting long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
A. on whether significant warming will occur and what impact will it have if it does.
B. on whether warming that occurs will be significant and the impact it would have
C. as to whether significant warming will occur or the impact it would have if it did
D. over whether there will be significant warming or the impact it will have
E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have

請問一下這題的答案是哪一各? 謝謝囉

[A級垂耳兔]

選E吧~~~

附上原文:
Opponents of the global warming orthodoxy argue, however, that short-term temperature data are inadequate to predict long-term trends and point out that the scientific community remains divided about whether significant warming will occur or what impact it will have.

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[elmer0901]

可以幫我解釋這題為何選E
我這題是在A和E選擇
只是我不太清楚divide是接on/over?
另外E選項為何接would
A選項接if it does 行嗎?會不會有歧義?

感恩!

[lucyyeh]

我對於E選也有點疑惑，
over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have
怎麼前面用will, and 後又接would, 感覺就有一點不平行
還是說，因為whether是有假設的意涵(不知顯著暖化現象是否會發生)，所以接在後面的impact，也不知道會不會有，所以用would?
是這樣解釋嗎?

另外，回覆樓上的問題，我覺得問題不在divide要接什麼介係詞，因為我剛剛查過字典了，沒有特別這樣的用法
divided(注意：是分詞)是修飾前面的scientific community
我覺得if it does是廢話!所以不用加了

[elmer0901]

可是我查字典
這裡divide應是指"意見分歧"的意思
所以應用over來表達比較好
就好像dispute用over
只是我還是不清楚為何E選項用would
畢竟後面是接what也沒有接whether

[plilo]

will 跟 would在這裡應該是語氣強弱的關係

will 是很確定warming會發生
但是發生了之後會產生什麼影響就不清楚了，所以用would

應該是這樣解釋吧

[dibert8]

這題答案是 (E)

(A) 1. 不需要倒裝(疑問句才倒裝), 2. if it does 多餘
(B) 1. that occurs 多餘, 2. whether warming will be significant 改變句意
(C) 1. or 句意不對 (混淆 whether... or not ?), 2. if it did 多餘 (看出答案要假設語氣了嗎?)
(D) 1. there 不簡潔, 2. or 句意不對
(E) would 假設語氣,用過去式表示與現在事實相反

[lucyyeh]

原來這一題的關鍵根本不是whether 2選1的問題，我之前都誤解了。果然句意很重要，暖化跟衝擊根本不能夠2選一。
看來只要把or選去掉，在刪掉redudant選答案及浮現也! ^ ^

[larry.tw]

想請問一下E選項

E. over whether significant warming will occur and what impact it would have

這邊為什麼要用what?
是省略什麼變成what的嗎?

自己寫好像都寫不出來what子句+_+""
麻煩高手們指導一下~~謝謝!