Umm…
如果从纯做题的角度来看，依照这10
条来解确实可以达到一定的正确率。每一条在GMAT
的官方资料中里面都有反例。我觉得在面对GMAT
这样一个考试时，如果认死一些现象来进行选项排除可能还不如接受这些现象，探究这些现象出现的本质原因，这样才能确保万无一失，对自身的英语水平也能有很大提高。其实GMAT
语法跟我们日常正规文书里面用的语法区别甚甚微。1. instead of
見光死，直接pass,
找rather than
；大全607. Research during the past several decades on the nature of language and the processes that produce and make it understandable has revealed great complexity instead of underlying simplicity.2. there be
見光死，找實義動詞；GWD-8-Q41 When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount.
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Certain pesticides can become ineffective if used repeatedly in the same place; one reason is suggested by the finding that there are much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than in soils that are free of such chemicals.3. as with
見光死， 找like/unlike;
With diamonds, as with all gems,
you should ask for a written description of your purchase; the description may prove useful later if you have reason to believe the jeweler misled you.
4. being sth
見光死， 找as sth
；prep 2-103 Simply
being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.
5. even though
見光死， 後面通常跟but....
， 找although,
或者but
就夠了prep 2-94 . Even
though her career was cut short when she was in her prime and the fifteen recordings she made were disappointing artistically as well as technically, Olive Fremstad (1871-1951) has never been entirely forgotten by opera aficionados.
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Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces distinguished architecture.6. as well as
見光死， 直接用and
；大全406. In the fall of 1985, only 10 percent of the women entering college planned to major in education, while 28 percent chose business, making it the most popular major for women
as well as for men.
7. because of
見光死，直接用because/for/in that...
；大全662. Some historians of science have argued that science moves forward not so much
because of the insights of great thinkers as because of more mundane developments, such as improved tools and technologies.
8. not only.....but as well as
見光死，GMAT
對not only...but also
情有獨鍾，只要題干出現，正確選項中必定保留；not only…but also
未必正确，未必保留。还是要看原句逻辑。见此题：197. (31514-!-item-!-188;#058&005971) (GWD-8-Q20)
Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also caused erosion and very quickly deforested whole regions.
A. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also
B. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also
C. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States, creating farmland (especially in the Northeast) and giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but also
D. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also
E. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States not only created farmland (especially in the Northeast), giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it
OA: D
9. sb do sth for doing sth
見光死，直接換成sb do sth to do sth
；for doing
和to do
说表达的含义不同。To do
时表示了一次性行为，或者说目的性行为，而for doing
中的doing
是gerund
，表达的是一个状态，或者是一个持续性的动作。10. sb/sth, who/which do.....
見光死，直接插入ing
形式，即sb/sth, doing....., do.....
要看会不会引起修饰歧义。
-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2010/1/7 13:49:30)
