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作者: QingHuang 时间: 2007-10-26 19:25
标题: GWD Questions , Thanks

why the answer is B not C? Thanks so much for your help!

Q7:

A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.

that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times
that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times
that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times

Answer: B

Why the answer is B, not E?

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

Answer: B, not E

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作者: Icanw 时间: 2007-10-27 00:17

Q7: E 中缺少that, indicate 要接从句表达复杂的意思。

Q2, 争议题。但是google到 new york times上的原句，看来 increase to... from ...并没有错, 而且which 修饰book market 没有歧义。所以选E.

By merging its Bantam Doubleday Dell division with Advance Publications' Random House, Bertelsmann will increase to 10 percent from nearly 6 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the United States, which ranges from Bibles to mass-market paperbacks. [Page D1.]

作者: QingHuang 时间: 2007-10-27 17:54

Thank you, Icanw

in that case, why is wrong with E, if "...book market in the United States, which ranges ..." is correct

作者: Icanw 时间: 2007-10-27 21:07
我想 which 的就近修饰一直是ETS强调的一点，所以ETS 很可能把原句中which的跳跃修饰改了，这样E 选项在ETS 的眼中可谓是一个优等生了。

至于 the country's ...market，这样的用法应该是允许的。

作者: QingHuang 时间: 2007-10-27 21:25
Thank you for your kind explanation, Icanw!

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