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这个题目考得太微妙了。非常有代表性地反映了GMAT句子改错答案“是比较出来的：要么是矮子中拔将军，要么是美男中选帅哥”的思想（其实逻辑、阅读又何尝不是如此啊？！）。这个题目就是在美男中选帅哥（或者“美男中选安哥”）。
首先，有“great quantities”的用法，而且还有“vast quantities”的用法，而且“quantities of”可以修饰可数名词，也可修饰不可数名词。请见下面WM的解释及改错及阅读中出现的无数例子。
quantity：
1 a: an indefinite amount or number b: a determinate or estimated amount c: total amount or number d: a considerable amount or number often used in plural “generous quantities of luck H. E. Putsch”
13. Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and stories.
(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured
(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarch’s home, which featured
(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring
(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured
(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured
23. Tiny quantities of more than thirty rare gases, most of them industrial by-products, threaten to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years.
(A) to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide during the next fifty years
(B) to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly over the next fifty years than carbon dioxide will
(C) during the next fifty years to warm the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapidly than carbon dioxide
(D) a warming of the Earth’s atmosphere during the next fifty years even more rapid than carbon dioxide’s
(E) a warming of the Earth’s atmosphere even more rapid than carbon dioxide’s will be over the next fifty years
4. The author mentions the excavation in Cyprus (lines 31-34) to emphasize which of the following points?
(A) Ancient lamps and pottery vessels are less valuable, although more rare, than royal seal impressions.
(B) Artifacts that are very similar to each other present cataloguing difficulties to archaeologists.
(C) Artifacts that are not uniquely valuable, and therefore could be sold, are available in large quantities.
(D) Cyprus is the most important location for unearthing large quantities of salable artifacts.
(E) Illegal sales of duplicate artifacts are wide-spread, particularly on the island of Cyprus.
Eight percent of the Earth’s crust is aluminum, and there are hundreds of aluminum-bearing minerals and vast quantities of the rocks that contain them.
Halting synthesis of mRNA alone would not affect the quantities of proteins synthesized by the mRNA’s still existing in the cytoplasm. Biologists now believe that most cells can regulate protein production most efficiently by varying both mRNA synthesis and degradation, as developing red cells do, rather than by just varying one or the other.
7. According to the passage, methods of exploring for gold that are widely used today are based on which of the following facts?★
(A) Most of the Earth’s remaining gold deposits are still molten.
(B) Most of the Earth’s remaining gold deposits are exposed at the surface.
(C) Most of the Earth’s remaining gold deposits are buried and have no surface expression.
(D) Only one type of gold deposit warrants exploration, since the other types of gold deposits are found in regions difficult to reach.
(E) Only one type of gold deposit warrants exploration, since the other types of gold deposits are unlikely to yield concentrated quantities of gold.
About twice every century, one of the massive stars in our galaxy blows itself apart in a supernova explosion that sends massive quantities of radiation and matter into space and generates shock waves that sweep through the arms of the galaxy.
3. According to the passage all of the following are true of supernovas EXCEPT that they
(A) are extremely bright
(B) are an explosion of some sort
(C) emit large quantities of X-rays
(D) result in the destruction of a neutron star
(E) are caused by the collision of large galaxies
其次，那么为何选C而不是E呢？我认为有两点原因：其一，quantities of虽然可以修饰可数名词，但在修饰可数名词时显然没有great numbers of好，因为great numbers of的意思单一，不会引起误解（这也是C比A好的原因）；其二，问题主要出在both rich and poor，因为它不等于rich and poor alike。这里的alike明显是副词，作EQUALLY讲，并非形容词。请见下面WM的解释和例句：
alike: adverb: in the same manner, form, or degree: EQUALLY “was denounced by teachers and students alike”
总之，这个题目中的优先级是C＞A＞E＞B，D
其中C是安哥，B，D算不上美男，是恶少。
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