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作者: winner2006 时间: 2006-12-14 04:38
标题: GWD1(Q2, Q20)

GWD1-Q2:

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

Why?

GWD1-Q20:

Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them.

took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years

Why?

Thanks.

作者: winner2006 时间: 2006-12-14 23:28
No comment?

作者: shasha_jin 时间: 2006-12-15 00:48

I have the same question for the second one. But for the first question.

GWD1-Q2:

their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

In B and D, ranges is right after country. It should describe market rather than country. A and C use "their", which should be "its" to refer the company.

GWD1-Q20:

took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years

I don't understand why it needs the it at the end. I choosed C. I think this sentence can be simplified as "the army took 700000 artisans more than 36 years to complete".

GWD1-Q2:

their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

In B and D, ranges is right after country. It should describe market rather than country. A and C use "their", which should be "its" to refer the company.

GWD1-Q20:

took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years

I don't understand why it needs the it at the end. I choosed C. I think this sentence can be simplified as "the army took 700000 artisans more than 36 years to complete".

作者: shasha_jin 时间: 2006-12-15 00:50
This is the first time that I wrote the reply. It seems that I messed up a little bit. Sorry!

作者: graceyin7 时间: 2006-12-15 00:50
我認為第一題答案應該為B，第二題答案是C才對。

作者: shasha_jin 时间: 2006-12-15 00:53
I agree with your second answer. But I still think the first one should be E, although I did choose B when I first did it.

作者: winner2006 时间: 2006-12-15 04:15

What is the subject of this sentence if the answer is B? Is the "it" omitted? Can "it" be omitted?

Actually I chose D for the reason to at least give a subject to this sentence. For other parts, I regard it as "DU LI ZHU GE".

Any comment?

作者: shasha_jin 时间: 2006-12-15 06:33
I think that answer D for the first question is definitely wrong. increase is a vt verb. It is not idiomatic to say "increase in something".

作者: winner2006 时间: 2006-12-15 22:33
No. I mean I chose D for the second question. D is definitely wrong for the 1st question.

作者: shasha_jin 时间: 2006-12-16 04:48
D for the second question doesn't make sense. The AND is to connect two subsentences for the same subject army.

作者: shasha_jin 时间: 2006-12-16 04:53
By the way, if you choose D, you definitely need the it at the end since the sentence after AND would be an individual sentence which needs the object after the complete. It would be "the army....is ..years old and artisans took...years to complete it...". Even the grammar will be correct then, it is tedious and will not a best option.

作者: cwcc 时间: 2006-12-17 04:21
for the first question, if the "increase" is vt ,where is it's objective in the choice of E?

作者: starist 时间: 2007-6-3 19:54
秦始皇的我彻底晕

作者: cloudymind 时间: 2007-12-18 11:28

GWD1-Q20:

took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it
took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete
700,000 artisans took more than 36 years to complete
to complete them too 700,000 artisans more than 36 years

The sentence structure is " The army .... is .... and took ...."

(D)(E) obviously are wrong.

(A), "them" doesn't agree with "army". Wrong

So the question is, shall we say

(B) (The army) took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete it. OR

Here are some analogous transformations:

He took ten minutes to solve the problem.
The problem took him ten minutes to solve.
(Not: The problem took him ten minutes to solve it.)

Therefore the correct choice should be (C) imho.

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