新东方补充教材语法一道题

gustavUID: 2112952

12. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from
the sale of oil into a special （fund, with the intention
to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion
of its oil reserves.）

(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state's
economy after the exhaustion of its oil
reserves.
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the
state's economy after they have exhausted
their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy
after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy
after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state's econ-
omy after oil reserves are exhausted
D和E犹豫了，最后选的是D，答案是E，也不觉得奇怪，想问D的用法为什么不行？

[ Last edited by gustav on 2005-12-29 at 17:24 ]

stephanie_sisuUID: 201114

D的its有问题，到底是指fund's还是state's？
不过偶语法是GMAT最弱的，不敢肯定

gustavUID: 2112952

奥，对，有道理，its的指代歧义了..........
谢谢斑竹

开若兰UID: 2561957

原帖由 gustav 于 2005-12-29 17:20 发表
12. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state’s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
答案是E

我手中的蓝皮书上，该题的标准答案是（C）。