语法与词汇

If eating 100 apples is too many, and eating zero apples is too little, this does not imply that we should eat 50 apples, it is the mathematical mean.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

[译文]如果说吃100个苹果太多,一个不吃太少,但这并不意味着就应该选个中间值, 吃50个苹果。
(1) 画线部分错误分析。
根据句意, it is the mathematical mean是对前面“50” 这一数字的附带解释内容,应选用非限定性定语从句。
(2)选项辨析。
四个选项中,只有Which能引导非限定性定语从句,因此选项A 符合题意,为正确答案。
[知识拓展](1)语法拓展:非限定性定语从句。
非限定性定语从句是对所修饰的词作进一步说明,引导非限定性定语从句的连词有 which, who, whom,where, when 等。
 (2)拓展练习:试分析以下句子中的非限定性定语从句。
e.g. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.
我们那时在同一所学院,当时该校只招男生。
Since we started in September we have raised fifty thousand pounds, which is pretty good going.
自从9 月份开始以来,我们已经募集到5 万英镑,进展相当顺利。