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作者: quanner    时间: 2006-5-28 20:16
标题: [求助]GWD27-18

   GWD-27-Q18

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

 

  1. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

  2. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them

  3. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to

  4. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to

  5. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to

此题答案是C

那么A选项错在哪呢?!


作者: rosmarine    时间: 2006-5-28 20:38
我觉得A比C好啊,就算for making也可以表目的,但是C前后两句话显不出因果关系,搞得好象科学家自己用什么法术就能理解太阳系怎么形成,哪有A好啊?因果关系表达得清清楚楚,就是这些更精确的测量使得科学家能理解。。。记得OG也有类似的题目,OG的解释就是说前后半句没联系是错的。

作者: quanner    时间: 2006-5-28 20:44

我也选得A

看了半天A和C,不知道原因...

哎,还是不自信!


作者: gonghao    时间: 2006-5-29 14:51

个人看法

A不好

解释如下:slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
        
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

这里的that似乎是修饰的是measurements

则会有一下两种情况:

1.that从句的结构:【that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.】来修饰measurements,这样的句子显然是错的,

(a). 意思不对“科学家希望会使得他们冕宁百40亿年前太阳系是怎么形成的这样的一个精确的测量”

(b). hope和will在意思上有重复

(c). hope will enable说不通,直接就scientists hope to understand 。。。即可

2.that从句的结构::【that scientists hope 】will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.即主语是measurements;是科学家hope的measurements,但是后面的will显得莫名,应该是to enable them to。。。。。。。。才正确

C令人感觉前后不连冠,但是没什么错

个人感觉要是C的前半句用不定式会更加好一点,表目的更加明确


作者: quanner    时间: 2006-5-29 19:54
以下是引用gonghao在2006-5-29 14:51:00的发言:

个人看法

A不好

解释如下:slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
  
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

这里的that似乎是修饰的是measurements

则会有一下两种情况:

1.that从句的结构:【that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.】来修饰measurements,这样的句子显然是错的,

(a). 意思不对“科学家希望会使得他们冕宁百40亿年前太阳系是怎么形成的这样的一个精确的测量”

        这句话的意思,我是这么理解的:

               NEAR太空船将饶小行星E的轨道一年,慢慢得靠近E表面以作更精确的测量,科学家希望这个测量能使他们知道太阳系在40亿年前是怎样形成的.

       所以我觉得意思上没什么不对的!

        

(b). hope和will在意思上有重复

        关于这点,C中也是hope will 的用法;

        而且hope表希望,理应用将来时的啊,这里没什么错吧

(c). hope will enable说不通,直接就scientists hope to understand 。。。即可

2.that从句的结构::【that scientists hope 】will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.即主语是measurements;是科学家hope的measurements,但是后面的will显得莫名,应该是to enable them to。。。。。。。。才正确

    C令人感觉前后不连冠,但是没什么错

个人感觉要是C的前半句用不定式会更加好一点,表目的更加明确

其实,我不能确定A,是因为,我想知道宾语从句修饰名词的时候,比如本句的measurements,宾语从句的that可不可以省略

slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope that(这里的that要不要加呢)will enable them to
  
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

本句的正常语序应该是 scientists hope that the measurements will enable them to ...

请指教!


作者: 香香茶    时间: 2006-6-6 10:13

我支持A。觉得C割断了原文有的逻辑关系,变成前后两个事情是孤立的,没有表达出句子原本想表达的意思。


作者: hwhhs    时间: 2006-7-5 11:30
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作者: winniebear0202    时间: 2006-7-6 21:53
A 中的them有些指代不清。大家再来讨论阿。
作者: hwhhs    时间: 2006-7-12 19:47
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作者: mejor    时间: 2006-8-1 19:38

如果A的them指代可能不清楚,C的they也存在这样的问题,而且将原文的to do目的变成for doing,大全OG上没有看到过这样改正确了的,for sth才表示目的,还请牛牛指导。


作者: mbz    时间: 2006-8-1 23:21

A should be the correct answer,

C is an obvious run-on.


作者: zhaoyak7    时间: 2006-8-2 00:37

我一开始就选取C.

hope //will be able to在A中和在C中是不一样的,在C中hope 是引导宾语从句,所以从句的主谓宾是将来时态,没有问题.意思是"我希望.....某某事能如何如何",如果连用的话,就变成了"我希望将有可能"逻辑意思不对了,如果有可能,怎么会希望呢? 这点有点像continue本身是复合时态不能用进行时一个道理.可能这个地方偶说的不太明白,这需要体会,总之偶觉得这里不能用中文的方式去理解.

而A和B中的them 指代不清也是correctiveness的错误,也不能按中文理解说them一定要指代什么.

(偶认为以上二者在选择中有一票否决权的作用)

而至于for 和to的用法,虽然不定式感觉更顺,但这是个effectiveness的问题.而且偶发现,出题者越来越用这些小问题来迷惑考生对整体逻辑意思的理解,让大家陷入小细节中.偶可以这么说,如果一年多前遇到此类题,选不定式可以,但现在,一定要多看两眼.大家可以去看看一些CDER写的考试体会,可以了解最新考试的变化趋势,就会明白----题目越来越趋向于对题干和选项意思的整体把握,即逻辑大于语法.


作者: mbz    时间: 2006-8-2 00:59

I saw it wrong, C is not a run-on. but the logical meaning is not good.

A is still the choice.


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作者: blsunday    时间: 2006-8-13 22:54

支持选A

作者: zimerman    时间: 2006-8-16 14:33

应该是C

C是小错大对 A是打错小对


作者: 肖小    时间: 2006-8-26 23:23

我觉得A是错的

因为定语从句中的measurements充当的是宾语从句里的成分(scientists hope measurements  will enable them to

)在我做过的SC中这种形式都是错的

我搞不懂的是B为什么错

)在我做过的SC中这种形式都是错的

我搞不懂的是B为什么错


作者: MaccMichAA    时间: 2006-10-13 13:25
以下是引用mbz在2006-8-1 23:21:00的发言:

A should be the correct answer,

C is an obvious run-on.

小的觉得C不存在run-on的嫌疑,

用,+and连接两个独立句子是可取的 如果是用and直接两个独立的句子 可以看作是run-on


作者: linda816    时间: 2006-10-25 03:16
A is correct
作者: aborigin    时间: 2006-10-30 19:20
以下是引用quanner在2006-5-29 19:54:00的发言:

(a). 意思不对“科学家希望会使得他们冕宁百40亿年前太阳系是怎么形成的这样的一个精确的测量”

        这句话的意思,我是这么理解的:

               NEAR太空船将饶小行星E的轨道一年,慢慢得靠近E表面以作更精确的测量,科学家希望这个测量能使他们知道太阳系在40亿年前是怎样形成的.

       所以我觉得意思上没什么不对的!

        

(b). hope和will在意思上有重复

        关于这点,C中也是hope will 的用法;

        而且hope表希望,理应用将来时的啊,这里没什么错吧

(c). hope will enable说不通,直接就scientists hope to understand 。。。即可

2.that从句的结构::【that scientists hope 】will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.即主语是measurements;是科学家hope的measurements,但是后面的will显得莫名,应该是to enable them to。。。。。。。。才正确

    C令人感觉前后不连冠,但是没什么错

个人感觉要是C的前半句用不定式会更加好一点,表目的更加明确

其实,我不能确定A,是因为,我想知道宾语从句修饰名词的时候,比如本句的measurements,宾语从句的that可不可以省略

slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope that(这里的that要不要加呢)will enable them to
  
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

本句的正常语序应该是 scientists hope that the measurements will enable them to ...

请指教!


支持,虽然OG中强调宾语从句中的“that"不可省,但好像在GWD中宾语从语的That在不划线的地方有省掉过的,具体例子找不到了,但肯定其存在。
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作者: lxzjojo    时间: 2006-11-7 16:43

偶选的A,但看了讨论后屈服了,还是觉得C比较好,理由如下:

1、A中的硬伤是hope+will,意思不对,句式也不对

2、A还有个软肋,就是them的指代不清。

3、C其实只是better,不是best,因为C也有些问题,for表示目的不如不定式好,还有就是前后句子关系不明显。但无致命错误,故为答案。


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作者: graceyin7    时间: 2006-11-7 22:17

此題我選 E,句意最清楚,結構最平穩,不過至今的討論似乎沒人考慮。

其他選項錯誤的理由如下:

A中,them 指的是 measurements,measurements 怎麼會接動詞 understand 呢?翻成中文變成是"使測量了解"。understand 的主詞應該人,所以該句語意不通。

B中,犯的錯誤跟上選項一樣。

C中,表達目的之意,要用不定詞 to make,非用for。

D中,which 指涉不清,同時也犯了A、B的錯誤。

請大家不吝指教!


作者: 晴天小狗    时间: 2006-11-14 11:02

18. GWD27-Q18:

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

 

A:

to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

C: for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to

选了A; 我觉得ope和will没有关系,that scts hope 是mments的修饰语; 实际上整个的句子是measurements will enable them to...所以them也不会有修饰的歧义(不能是measurements enable measurements吧?如果是这样应该加上themselves)

C无法表达正确的意思,因为是measurements enable scts to bla bla, 而不是他们自己able to do sth

nn 来


作者: lxzjojo    时间: 2006-11-14 11:23

部分同意小狗的意见,但偶不同意hope和will没有关系,如果that scts hope 是mments的修饰语,那这句定从还原了就是scientist hope the measurements,这不通。 所以that scientists hope will enable them to一定是合在一齐修饰measurements的。

 

而关于them会不会有修饰的歧义的问题,小狗说得有道理,应该比较明显指向scientists...

 

现在觉得A和C都不怎么好,无法分出better来,sign...有NN来帮忙解惑吗。。。


作者: 晴天小狗    时间: 2006-11-14 11:28

感谢交流!

C的改变原文的含义 我觉得不太能饶恕

to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

理解为:更加精确的,科学家们所期望的测量

继续...


作者: chia_best    时间: 2006-11-14 17:10
E選項中in order to 必須把in order省略 因為AT講求簡潔
作者: 飞天猪piggy    时间: 2007-1-5 17:03

同意晴天小狗的意见 选A

them在这里是不会有误解的 因为定语从句的主语是measurements 这一点很清楚

scientists hope是插入语 就像I think一样 看主干的时候可以忽略不计

而C不但用for doing表目的 还改变了原意 问题比较大

不知道我说的对不对?


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作者: xiangqinzh    时间: 2007-1-15 11:15

A 中,应该是 

to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

跟下面一样,

(1)     GWD-21-Q21

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.

A.      to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs

B.     to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing

C.     is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs

D.     is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs

E.     is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing

d

prep答案

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s smallest network


作者: xiangqinzh    时间: 2007-1-15 11:15

A 中,应该是 

to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

跟下面一样,

(1)     GWD-21-Q21

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.

A.      to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs

B.     to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing

C.     is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs

D.     is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs

E.     is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing

d

prep答案

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s smallest network


作者: ciduo777    时间: 2007-3-20 12:07

同意A.

C似乎改变原句的意思了,and scientists hope that they will be able to…spacecraft will orbit…平行么?意思不对,因为它们应该有个先后承接关系,而不是并列关系。

再加上for making不好。。。


作者: biggeo    时间: 2007-5-17 22:57
顶起这个旧贴.

虽然这么多人选择A,我还是想说出我选E得理由:
1/ 若不将后半句用逗号分开作为从句, 那么A得them有指代measurements得嫌疑
2/ 将than it ever did补出更能表达原意,否则more无对应得than (这是我得体会)
3/ for making替代原来得to表目的, 这种用法没见过,望NN举个OG得例子
4/ in order to比to冗余,这只是minor point,还是应该优先考虑结构和逻辑含义.
所以选勒E,

作者: tranquilla    时间: 2007-5-31 21:28

还是觉得选A,理由如下:

1)逻辑意义上A比C更能说明ever more precise measurement 的意义,而这也正是这句话要表达的重点,c的话就像前面的同志们说的,两句话的逻辑意义弱了很多

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2)句子结构上,A没有问题,that scientists hope will enable them to在这里是measurement的定语从句,that代替measurement做will enable them……的主语。所以hope和will根本是没有关系的两个词,谈不上什么用法的问题。只不过是这个定语从句比较复杂,自己本身还带一个宾语从句。(scientists hope 为主句,will enable them to……为宾语从句,that代替宾语从句的主语,所以不能省略)


作者: llxx1985cn    时间: 2007-6-12 13:19
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作者: chamcham    时间: 2007-6-19 14:32
以下是引用xiangqinzh在2007-1-15 11:15:00的发言:

A 中,应该是 

to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to

跟下面一样,

(1)     GWD-21-Q21

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.

A.      to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs

B.     to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing

C.     is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs

D.     is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs

E.     is the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing

d

prep答案

The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is the world’s smallest network

This example is different since it does not have the same problem of "they" illogical reference, if "scientists hope" is a 插入语, then we could easily take it out and try again and it should work 2, right?

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

Then I guess everyone agree "they" has no refernce, right? So vote for C.


作者: gonghao    时间: 2007-7-11 17:16
以下是引用mbz在2006-8-2 0:59:00的发言:

I saw it wrong, C is not a run-on. but the logical meaning is not good.

A is still the choice.


yes I agree

A is better on the logical meaning point


作者: gonghao    时间: 2007-7-11 17:21

又回来做了一遍

第一感觉就是A

C的逻辑关系不如A


作者: colorful_na    时间: 2007-7-13 18:09

觉得A好一点。。。


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作者: 20060612cat    时间: 2007-7-20 03:39

我记得若两个分句即逗号+and连接两个主语和谓语都不同的分句,则必须用完正的两个句子来表达!!!所以A对!!


作者: 小雪猫    时间: 2007-7-28 06:53
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作者: gylucia    时间: 2007-7-31 20:30

Thanks


作者: llxx1985cn    时间: 2007-8-21 08:57
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作者: mimixiaxia    时间: 2007-8-29 18:00
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作者: wsdoll    时间: 2007-9-17 05:58
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作者: 阿土莎莎    时间: 2007-12-6 12:07

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作者: snowofjune    时间: 2007-12-10 14:05
A后半句没有C好,可问题是我一看到前办句的for making就立马排除了C, 根本没有往后看

作者: rahaj    时间: 2008-2-11 21:25

make是引出的功能和目的,用ETS的思路,C用for doing是可以立刻排除的。

参见OG11-11

Warning that computers in the United States are not secure, the National Academy of Sciences has urged the nation to revamp computer security procedures, institute new emergency response teams, creating a special nongovernment organization to take charge of computer security planning.

D) and create a special nongovernment organization for taking

E) and create a special nongovenment organization to take

正确答案E 注意官方解释D.E唯一的区别和判断:

D  In the construction create...to take, the sense of to is in order to; for taking is not idiomatically correct.

支持此题A为正解


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作者: allenhzkk    时间: 2008-2-19 03:41

每次看这么多,真累啊,总结下:选A.

C逻辑表达不好,俺好觉得改变了句子意思呢,c的后面说的是科学家希望他们能够明白,,,,,

明显改变了原句,,,,使科学家们明白,,,,的意思,两个意思有天壤之别呵

还有C中的and如何理解,谁和谁并列,这样的表达毫无意义啊,不得不承认原句有因果关系,c中变成并列句还需要想吗。错。


作者: eileenmu木    时间: 2008-3-24 10:24

我觉得A中them就近指代scientists,没有不清。而且C中把两个句子分开了,感觉有点断了,不连贯


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作者: lichabrend    时间: 2008-6-4 17:06
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作者: powerful    时间: 2008-8-15 16:23
以下是引用lxzjojo在2006-11-7 16:43:00的发言:

偶选的A,但看了讨论后屈服了,还是觉得C比较好,理由如下:

1、A中的硬伤是hope+will,意思不对,句式也不对

2、A还有个软肋,就是them的指代不清。

3、C其实只是better,不是best,因为C也有些问题,for表示目的不如不定式好,还有就是前后句子关系不明显。但无致命错误,故为答案。


      1,scientist hope 是个插入语吧?其实应该是 that  will  enable them

      2,就近指代scientist吧?


作者: 水里游    时间: 2008-10-9 18:33
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作者: nolanola    时间: 2008-12-20 19:47

不明白的是,A中enable所谓的主语,能执行enable吗?

还是觉得C中用 be able to do 比较合适。


作者: yzhao26    时间: 2009-3-8 13:51
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作者: Norgar    时间: 2009-7-31 05:26

芝麻开门


作者: wikeypig    时间: 2009-7-31 07:48

上来参与讨论,还请大牛纠正有错之处:)


The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

 c (主句1)spacecraft will orbit AE, (状语)moving closer to the surface for making...measurements, and (主句2)scientists hope that they will be able to

*考点1:介词表目的:
   For后跟名词、动名词:I do that for you. 
  To后跟动词原型:I go there to meet my friend. 
  So that后跟从句
*考点2:指代:
  them 指代不清, 逻辑不对 measurements will enable them还是scientists will enable them
*考点3:固定搭配:
  enable sb to do something
*考点4:简洁:
  with the purpose of  罗嗦
   In order to 罗嗦
      
*考点5:句子不完整
and which

  1. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to (1.them 指代不清, 逻辑不对 measurements will enable them还是scientists will enable them 2. 后面一长串全是状语?)

  2. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them (more and more 改变句义,enable sb to do something)

  3. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to

  4. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to (with the purpose of  罗嗦,and which 错,句子不完整)

  5. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to (In order to =to 罗嗦,than it ever did 罗嗦)

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/7/31 7:56:31编辑过]

作者: VeniceBingo    时间: 2009-9-25 00:04

还是晕!


作者: mars_cheung    时间: 2009-10-27 01:57

应该选 A

scientists hope 是一个插入语,因此不存在 run-on 的问题。类似的例子前人也提出过,不再赘述。而且我觉得因为这个插入语存在,所以才使 them 的指代不发生歧义,如果去掉这个插入语,就必须用 scientists 来代替 them。而且,如果插入语被逗号分隔,同样会引致歧义,因此这里不用逗号是最好的表达。

C 从语法上是完全可以接受的,to do 和 for doing 在这里不构成对与错的差别。但 C 将两个分句的逻辑联系完全割裂,完全改变句意,这是不能被接受的。而且这也是 ETS 偏向的一种考法——逻辑为王。

最后, C 还有一个比较令人费解的表达 will be able to,很怀疑这种表达的正确性。will 与 be able to 有重复之嫌。


作者: dengyichao    时间: 2009-10-27 16:01

支持A


作者: alisaxu    时间: 2011-7-24 02:21
此题讨论跨越这么多年啊,究竟是那个答案捏?后来的NN们有结论没有?鄙人语法太烂,看了前面的讨论都晕了
作者: elsazmc    时间: 2011-8-14 17:21
以下是引用gonghao在2006-5-29 14:51:00的发言:
个人看法
A不好
解释如下:slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.
这里的that似乎是修饰的是measurements
则会有一下两种情况:
1.that从句的结构:【that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.】来修饰measurements,这样的句子显然是错的,
(a). 意思不对“科学家希望会使得他们冕宁百40亿年前太阳系是怎么形成的这样的一个精确的测量”
这句话的意思,我是这么理解的:
              NEAR太空船将饶小行星E的轨道一年,慢慢得靠近E表面以作更精确的测量,科学家希望这个测量能使他们知道太阳系在40亿年前是怎样形成的.
      所以我觉得意思上没什么不对的!

(b). hope和will在意思上有重复
关于这点,C中也是hope will 的用法;
       而且hope表希望,理应用将来时的啊,这里没什么错吧
(c). hope will enable说不通,直接就scientists hope to understand 。。。即可
2.that从句的结构::【that scientists hope 】will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.即主语是measurements;是科学家hope的measurements,但是后面的will显得莫名,应该是to enable them to。。。。。。。。才正确
   C令人感觉前后不连冠,但是没什么错
个人感觉要是C的前半句用不定式会更加好一点,表目的更加明确
其实,我不能确定A,是因为,我想知道宾语从句修饰名词的时候,比如本句的measurements,宾语从句的that可不可以省略
slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope that(这里的that要不要加呢)will enable them to
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.
本句的正常语序应该是 scientists hope that the measurements will enable them to ...
请指教!

-- by 会员 quanner (2006/5/29 19:54:00)


个人认为to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
scientists hope 是插入语
that will enable them to...是修饰前面measurements的,关系代词that作后面从句的主语,没有什么错,但不好理解
而C的for making确实不如to make好。

作者: 911cai    时间: 2011-12-20 11:57
this should be A.

A.------"ever more..." is an acceptable idiomatic expression. its meaning is roughly the same as that of "increasingly" or "more and more".
in fact, "ever more" is the BEST way to write this. see "extra credit", below.

"scientists hope" is interjected here in much the same way as "i think" would. (i have NO IDEA what the name of this sort of construction is ... sorry)
example:
here is a dish that i think will please your palate.
...has the same grammar as
here is a dish that will please your palate.

* "them" refers to "scientists". (if you actually omitted "scientists hope", then you would have to replace "them" by "scientists".)

B. -----* REDUNDANCY: you can't combine 2 idioms that mean the same thing.
you say EITHER "ever more" OR "more and more", but not both.
this is a common theme on the gmat. i've also seen other examples of the same thing, such as "both X and also Y".

* "measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them" doesn't make sense. you're trying to give "enable" 2 different objects: "measurements, which" and "them".
example:
i am hoping to HIT it --> "it" = object of "hit"
...the ball, which i am hoping to HIT" --> "ball, which" = object of "hit"
...the ball, which i am hoping to HIT it" --> nonsense; you can't have a double object.

C.------ * "for making" is not idiomatic. this should be the infinitive "to make".

* the "and" connector is inappropriate here. if you use "and" like this, then you're implying that there are two ENTIRELY SEPARATE things going on: (a) the spacecraft is hanging around making measurements, and (b) scientists hope one day that blah blah blah.
these are clearly connected, so, "and" is inappropriate.

D.------ * not parallel.
you can't place a prepositional phrase (with the purpose of...) in parallel with a relative-pronoun clause (which ...).

E.------ in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to

same problem with "and" as in (c).
also unacceptably wordy / awkward.

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作者: 911cai    时间: 2011-12-20 11:58
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