Prep-T1-Q64

[muching]

64.Recently documented examples of neurogenesis, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.

(A) the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
(B) mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they
(C) mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they
(D) the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they
(E) brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that

答案是(E),可以請好心大大解惑嗎 3Q3Q

[tristan]

我試著解解看

B,C指代的they都有問題,第一個they和第二個they不是同一個事物
D的they若是指代neurons就會變得很搞笑
至於A, when所修飾的對象我也有問題,看哪位大大可以解惑一下了 ^^"
E則是指代清楚沒有歧異

[dibert8]

(A) (D) when 連接詞,省略主詞 (=examples) 句意不合理
(B) they 指代不清 (mice? brains? ; canaries? neurons?)
(C) they = brains; neurons 句意不合理 (e.g. neurons 不會唱歌)

[alva0930]

(A)(B)(C) Logical predication error: neurogenesis不能包含(A)the brain(B)mice(C)mice's brains，只能包含(D)the brain growth in mice(E) brain growth in mice，
(D) Logical predication error: when placed in a stimulating environment及when they learn new songs修飾對象不明
(E) mice that are placed in a stimulating environment及canaries that learn new songs修飾對象很明確

[oneseven]

選項A
the brain... 無法與 the production of ... 平行； growing 使用錯誤，應該用grow的名詞形式growth來替換，increasing 應該用 increase 替換 ； 介詞結構 when placed 無論是修飾主句的主詞還是所修飾動詞(include)的邏輯主詞，該結構都是修飾的 documented examples，而從邏輯意思上看，when placed 應該修飾 mice，因此 when placed 修飾對象錯誤

[ad264]

alva0930 分析很棒！

這一題關鍵字在neurogenesis下的定義是the production of new brain cells
所以例子只能包括有growth字意的。

剩下的D,E選項
(D) the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment
when的省去主詞是the brain growth，但是句意應該是mice被放置於不同環境
也就是when修飾對象錯誤，變成修飾the brain growth.