og 188 195

188. As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one

time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia,

or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.

(A)  that might at one time have died as children

(B)  who might once have died in childhood

(C)  that as children might once have died

(D)  who in childhood might have at one time died

(E)   who, when they were children, might at one time have died

B, the best choice, uses the preferred relative pronoun, who, to refer

to many people. It observes formal and logical parallelism in the

wording of the relative clause and the main clause: first, adverbs

(once and now)', second, verbs (might have died and live); and third,

adverbial prepositional phrases (in childhood and into old age). A and

C use the questionable relative pronoun that to refer to many people.

They also violate the parallel structure noted above. D and E, although

they use the correct pronoun, who, offer convoluted and nonparallel

structures for the relative clause.

我觉得答案B中容易引起歧义childhood of such infections,即infections是用

来修饰childhood的，所以died应该放在句子后面，C选项中的that应该也可以用

来指人的吧.
195. Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering how the body can

constantly change its genes to fashion a seeming unlimited number of

antibodies. each specifically targeted at an invading microbe or

foreign substance.
(A) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically

targeted at
(B) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted

specifically to
(C) seeming unlimited number of antibodies, all specifically

targeted at
(D) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, all of them targeted

specifically to
(E) seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted

specifically at
Choices A, B, and C incorrectly use the adjective form seeming to

modify the participial adjective unlimited. B also uses the unidiomatic

preposition to instead of the correct at after targeted, while C

violates sense by having all the antibodies specifically targeted at

an, that is, one, invading microbe or substance. Choice D correctly

uses seemingly, but it repeats B's incorrect use of targeted to and C's

illogical all... specifically. Only E, the best choice, correctly uses

the form seemingly to modify unlimited, the correct preposition, at,

with targeted, and the logically correct each, which links the specific

antibodies to specific microbes or substances.

答案是E,但我觉得A选项的seeming也可以用来修饰number的嘛(表面上的数目),所

以A不应该错.请各位nn指正！谢谢！

hehe,涉及到一个怎样读og的问题，og 是ets出的关于gmat 语法最权威的参考，所以读的时候应该注意ets的解释，因为其中就隐藏着考点，比如你的第一题，ets已经指出宾从中修饰人时，who是preferred的了，我们应该做的就是注意到这一点，并将之作为将来做题的依据，这么说并非不求甚解，who修饰人比that更好从道理上讲也完全是正确的，虽然平时碰到的语法可能that也可以，但是gmat的语法要求更紧，所以我们要观察它到底严格在哪里。

195题中涉及两个修饰词后加名词到底是副+形+名还是形+形+名的问题，判断的标准是看第一个词所要表达的意思到底是修饰中间的形容词还是名词，如果修饰形容词，则第一个词应当是副词；如果修饰名词则应是形容词，本题中所要表达的意思是seemingly unlimited number，看起来unlimited的...，所以是副词，另外本题中seeming似乎不能做形容词

谢谢marie jj的解答，那请问我所指出的歧义是否存在呢？我觉得如果那样的话，那ets出题也太不严密了吧。另外，为什么本题中seeming不能做形容词呢？我记得og108中形容词和副词是不能随便改的，那么我们做题的时候应该怎么判断什么时候改什么时候不改呢？谢谢！

108. Reporting that one of its many problems had been the recent extended sales slump in women's apparel, the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its stores.

(A)  its many problems had been the recent

(B)   its many problems has been the recently

(C)  its many problems is the recently

(D)  their many problems is the recent

(E)   their many problems had been the recent

Choice A is best: the singular pronoun its agrees in number with the singular noun referent retailer; the past perfect verb form had been is used appropriately to refer to action com­pleted prior to the action of the simple past tense said', and the adjective recent correctly modifies the noun phrase extended sales slump. The adverb recently in choices B and C distorts the meaning of the sentence by illogically suggesting that what was recent was only the extension of the slump, and not the slump itself. In choices D and E, the plural pronoun their does not agree with the singular noun retailer.

leslie,

1. seeming可以作形容词, 意思如下: (From Longman)

[only before noun] formal
appearing to be something, especially when this is not actually true

seeming的中文意思就是看上去，言下之意就是其实不是. 从句子的意思来看，如果做形容词修饰number, seeming number的意思就是看上去是但其实不是个number. 所以，明显是修饰unlimited的意思比较合理。

而且，从longman的解释来看，seeming作形容词时，应该only before noun, 即直接加上名词修饰，中间不应该有任何插入成分。

所以, marie说"本题中seeming似乎不能做形容词".

2. 形容词和副词的确不能随便改, 判断的原则就是语法规则和逻辑意思. ETS自己从来没有说过A选项里的用法是正确的, A的用法不能改.

3. OG里面的确有些题目不严密，但是数量很少。所以在怀疑ETS之前，我们应该多方求证，然后再下判断。另外，我们看OG是为了学习ETS对语法的考点和preference, 考好GMAT, 而不是为了质疑ETS.

nn们做题的时候是用的og中解释的平行结构吗. 好像挺牵强的

我问的是188

我不是。首先根据who, that排除A, C, 然后根据once比at one time简洁, 排除D,E.

当然，根据OG的平行原则也可以来分析，只要读一读B,D,E，就可以发现B要顺口很多。平行对称结构体现的就是这种语感。

多谢