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作者: LTZgodwin 时间: 2004-3-28 10:27
标题: 不可不看得真题5道。

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1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election.

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

3: Since February, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?) 5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

作者: wangdaya 时间: 2004-3-28 11:18
4 D

6 D

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作者: jnlvo 时间: 2004-3-28 11:51
第4题我选B，第1题就给出的两个里选，我选B，希望这题能看到其它选项。

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-28 12:27

以下是引用LTZgodwin在2004-3-28 10:27:00的发言：

1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election. fficeffice" />

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

A 感觉不对。不是主语比较，因此was 无从谈起，而且前面也没有任何词替代。但感觉B也很怪。如果我写这个句子，可能会写成 a greater proportion than that (/the proporotion) in any previous election.

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

分词修饰不好。表示恒定的状态或正在进行的状态。语感不如用从句修饰。就你提供的两个选择而言，A好。

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

不知道。continues strength 感觉很怪。

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

我选B。从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

反正A不对。rate 不能用more than 修饰，OG上明确有说。

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the ffice:smarttags" />US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

两个答案我倾向D。

下次最好把答案贴全，好吗？

作者: mariezhu 时间: 2004-3-28 13:26
感觉和bryonyGG 完全一样，第一题我也觉得in不可或缺，怎么回事？楼主能不能把题目贴全？第3题的continues strength也确实是怪模怪样的。

另外众位GG看过来，如果这个帖子给的第3题答案C确实正确，那么predict后跟that是可以的？because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would...ffice

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作者: jnlvo 时间: 2004-3-28 14:36
那么predict后跟that是可以的？

当然。不过第3题的时态感觉也不好。 predicted for weeks 这里突然用过去时，不舒服。

作者: SinoBoy 时间: 2004-3-28 16:46
这哥们也太自私了一点，请大家免费给他对答案。

作者: LTZgodwin 时间: 2004-3-28 20:39

不是我自私，而是这些题意很不容易搞出来，无避免被人发现，我只好尽量简单的超了，见谅！fficeffice" />

作者: weiyu 时间: 2004-3-28 21:13

以下是引用bryony在2004-3-28 12:27:00的发言：
: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light. ffice

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B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

我选B。从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

我觉得..to do A, do B, and do C; to do A, to do B, and to do C都是平行的; by including好像不太好;

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-28 22:41

以下是引用weiyu在2004-3-28 21:13:00的发言：

我觉得..to do A, do B, and do C; to do A, to do B, and to do C都是平行的; by including好像不太好;

weiyu 说得对。是我看错了。之前把compare 看成跟including 平行了。一直就没完全读懂这个句子。现在看明白了。

The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view .....

including 不是修饰什么help的。而是instructions.

The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions, including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view .....

这样是不是读起来比较顺？

作者: jnlvo 时间: 2004-3-28 23:08
我认为的平行watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing while holding 。

作者: weiyu 时间: 2004-3-28 23:21

以下是引用jnlvo在2004-3-28 23:08:00的发言：
我认为的平行watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing while holding 。

没仔细的看到while holding. 同意Jnlvo的看法. NN呀

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-28 23:25
发现自己看题真不仔细呀。昏。才发现这个holding. 这样这个including 前面必须有个by 了。pfpf. 排除D。

不过这个介词for doing sth是怎么看怎么不爽。

作者: mariezhu 时间: 2004-3-29 12:26
啊呀，我也没注意到！谢谢nn们！

作者: smilezw 时间: 2004-3-29 14:39
最后那题,A不对吗?

TWICE THE NUMER 是固定用法呀

langman 里是:twice the size/number/rate/amount etc an area twice the size of Britain

In some areas, she says, food is being shared among twice the number of people it was intended for.

作者: nina23 时间: 2004-3-30 01:09
NO.的because of ......很arkward,

作者: nina23 时间: 2004-3-30 01:27
第四题的BY INCLUDING 没道理呀? including 很明显是修饰instruction的阿

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-30 02:38
including 做介词后面的holding 没着落。

作者: nina23 时间: 2004-3-30 03:04

while holding the check to the light. 是修饰view的,怎么会没有着罗那?本题考的不就是平行和WHICH 或者分词修饰前面句子么, 而且reminders to ....表示目的性, 觉得很不错; by including 怪怪的, 如果不是作分词和非限定从句修饰主句干吗用逗号隔开修饰主句动词,OG中有一句: The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-30 10:11
to view 和while holding 平行？

作者: nina23 时间: 2004-3-30 10:45

以下是引用bryony在2004-3-30 10:11:00的发言：
to view 和while holding 平行？

根据句子意思: 当拿到光下时能看到水印, hold 和view 不是并列动作.

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-30 12:00

4: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light. fficeffice" />

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing
D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view
D的原句可以简化为：The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions，including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light. 这样有两个问题：
中间被我省掉的部分太长，会让人以为including 是修饰authenticity. 应该加上一个instructions, 重复一下会比较好。
第二个问题：The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instruction that ......., including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light. holding 的主语到底是什么呢？（顺便说一下while 在这里的用法很不爽。）还是认为这里的holding 有点没着落呀。
不过我也认为MM提到的逗号的问题，加上明显有歧义。现在看哪个答案都不顺眼。

作者: jnlvo 时间: 2004-3-30 14:45
nina23不知“ The new contract forbids a strike by the transportation union.”这句是og的第几题，我想再看看og的说明特别是关于这里by的用法。

关于讨论中的这题，有一点我跟bryony想法差不多，including首先会让人以为是修饰authenticity而不是instruction, 我想这是由instruction在句中的位置决定的。

我个人认为 by doing，更可能是修饰help, 至于为什么要加个","，我想主要help后有个confirm，到时by就不知是修饰那个为好，而且更重要的是，如不加逗号，句子会不平衡，头轻脚太重。

“，+by短语”就像“，+with短语”一样，都是“，+介词短语”对主句进行修饰，这是可被接受的。当然不同的介词所起的作用（或是表达的意思）不同，特别是with这个词。

至于reminders for doing和reminders to do我认为可能这两种表达都是可接受的，至于动作平行并列，我想不一定要动作完全一致，紧连着的动作应该也可。这里watching等表一般状态，感觉更好些。

作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-3-30 15:27
谢谢jnlvo的回复。

作者: freedownload 时间: 2004-3-31 12:25

作者: JerryGuan 时间: 2004-4-1 04:08

以下是引用freedownload在2004-3-31 12:25:00的发言：
4: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light.
这句话的谓语到底是什么？

是前面的is

还是后面的will help

而且，will help前面的hopes是什么东东？

看了几遍，居然产生了这个疑问，谢谢！

此题我选B，句子结构如下：

4: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing the watermark while holding the check to the light.

ffice

ffice" />The principle feature of the redesigned checks 主语；is 谓语；a series of printed instructions 宾语；其后的that是定从先行词；the company hopes是插入语无意义可去掉它；虽然 including作为一个介词，其前不可以加by，但此处including是动名词形式; do sth. while doing是可以的，不是解题方向。

但是句尾的",by doing"是不是修主句而非定从的，所以最后那部分也可以是定从中一部分？而不会是认为主句中的一部分，没有岐义？

作者: wangdaya 时间: 2004-4-19 16:21

JerryGuan 分析得好！

1、do sth. while doing是可以的，不是解题方向。

2、去掉可以省略部分：The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, by including reminders ....

3、那么by including reminders ....应该有歧义，可以修饰help...又可以修饰 is a series of printed instructions

所以，还是选D 啊。

这题怎么每次看，我得选项都不同？

作者: cranberry 时间: 2004-4-19 19:18
我觉得INCLUDING以及后面的部分是修饰INSTRCTION的，表明的是INSTRUCTION的内容，如果用BY引导，那么语言的重心是including而不是后面的内容了。

作者: iamwwh 时间: 2004-4-20 04:37

以下是引用freedownload在2004-3-31 12:25:00的发言：

这句话的谓语到底是什么？
是前面的is
还是后面的will help
而且，will help前面的hopes是什么东东？
看了几遍，居然产生了这个疑问，谢谢！

我选D, 我觉得including reminder to ...是一种伴随状态，printed instructions 是它的逻辑主语。including是现在分词，不是介词.

作者: 麻集爱 时间: 2004-5-27 01:49

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

第六题偶做错了

　？？　是偶错了么？　偶选ａ？　　请教再讨论？　

疑？tianwan这个帖子怎么没露面？

作者: weiyu 时间: 2004-5-27 03:22

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

I choose A; predict...will; as also since....has raised..., have been...will conforms to parrallelism.

Refer t

161. A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than

(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than

(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than（D）

(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

D, the best choice, uses a correct sequence of present and future indicative verb forms—predicts, will fail, and is—in the three related clauses. Density, an abstract “mass” noun, is logically construed with greater than. In A and B, would fail disagrees with the other verbs in tense and mood. Choice A misconstrues density with more numerous than, and B uses the pretentious and illogical word provided for if in a conditional clause after a negative idea (would fail). C’s should fail and was are confusing and inconsistent with predicts. C and E use the absurd phrase timber wolf density. (The wolves are not dense; their population is dense.) E also uses an inconsistent subjunctive form, were, and misconstrues density with more numerous than.

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

I choose D; 这里while doing....当...时，应当作为一个补充成分，而非并列成分。并列成分的while表示然而（ETS这么认为）; by including is redundant.

Refer to

178. In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences, which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have risen dramatically.

(A) sentences, which allow the criminals to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have

(B) sentences, performing specific jobs that benefit the public while being allowed to remain unconfined, have

(D) sentences which allow them to remain unconfined in their performing of specific jobs beneficial to the public has（E）

(E) sentences allowing them to remain unconfined while performing specific jobs that benefit the public has

At issue in this question is subject-verb agreement; the number... has risen must be the kernel of the main clause. Choice E, the best answer, uses a singular verb form, has, to agree with the singular subject, the number. Choices A, B, and C mistake criminals for the sentence subject and so incorrectly use the plural verb form have. In B and C the verb phrases (performing... ) do not clearly modify criminals, because another noun (sentences) intrudes, nor do the verb phrases clearly establish temporal relationships among events. D is wordy and imprecise (in their performing of specific jobs).

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作者: juan 时间: 2004-5-27 05:17
标题: open to discussion

1. Since February, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?) 5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

I choose A; predict...will; as also since....has raised..., have been...will conforms to parrallelism.

这题我选C.我觉得A中的have been predicting不好. 时态上the analysts predicted that sth. would….因为predicted,所以that从句里用would 而不是will. 161中的都是现在时, predicts….所以that从句里就用了will.

Open to discussion

(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than

(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than

(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than（D）

(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

D, the best choice, uses a correct sequence of present and future indicative verb forms—predicts, will fail, and is—in the three related clauses. Density, an abstract “mass” noun, is logically construed with greater than. In A and B, would fail disagrees with the other verbs in tense and mood. Choice A misconstrues density with more numerous than, and B uses the pretentious and illogical word provided for if in a conditional clause after a negative idea (would fail). C’s should fail and was are confusing and inconsistent with predicts. C and E use the absurd phrase timber wolf density. (The wolves are not dense; their population is dense.) E also uses an inconsistent subjunctive form, were, and misconstrues density with more numerous than.

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

I choose D; 这里while doing....当...时，应当作为一个补充成分，而非并列成分。并列成分的while表示然而（ETS这么认为）; by including is redundant.

我选D. 我觉得B还有引起歧义的可能,不知道后面的comparing…, viewing是合watching…并列还是和前面的including…并列.因为可以看成

by including reminders for watching…, (for) comparing…, (for) viewing…

或者by including reminders…., (by) comparing…., (by) viewing…..

而且我也觉得这里including…是修饰instructions的.至于while holding..的主语问题，我也有想过. 后来我在想如果要考证动作的逻辑主语的话,选择B也有同样问题. By including…..从逻辑上理解, 执行主语应该是checks或者instructions吧?(我觉得是checks更确切些.)不可能是the company的.那么by including reminders for watching something….这里watching的主语是谁呢? 也一样的不明确(我觉得其实这里是suppose了主语是merchants).

所以我选D.

Open to discussion

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作者: weiyu 时间: 2004-5-27 10:09

以下是引用juan在2004-5-27 5:17:00的发言：

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

Juan, continues...predicted...先predict再continues是不是因果导致？？？

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

I choose A; predict...will; as also since....has raised..., have been...will conforms to parrallelism.

Open to discussion

关于逻辑因果导致的例子From OG

关于现在完成时的意思问题

30. What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era.

(A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

(B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

(D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than（C）

(E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

Besides being wordy, the clauses beginning What was in A and The thing that was in B cause inconsistencies in verb tense: the use of the new technology cannot logically be described by both the present perfect has been and the past was. In B and D, developing the compact disc is not parallel to the use of new technology to revitalize... performances; in C, the best answer, the noun development is parallel to use. The phrases none the less... than in D and no less... as in E are unidiomatic; the correct form of expression, no less... than, appears in C, the best choice.

如果改为：

What has been as remarkable as the development of the compact disc is the use of the　new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era.

错误：先remarkable在有这个东东

88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”

(A) so unrealistic as to constitute

(B) so unrealistic they constituted

(D) unrealistic enough so that they constitute（A）

(E) unrealistic enough so as to constitute

The verbs are and calls indicate that the sculpture is being viewed and judged in the present. Thus, neither the past tense verb constituted (in B) nor the present perfect verb have constituted (in C) is correct; both suggest that the statue’s features once constituted an artificial face but no longer do so. Also, B would be better if that were inserted after so unrealistic, although the omission of that is not ungrammatical. Choices D and E use unidiomatic constructions with enough: unrealistic enough to constitute would be idiomatic, but the use of enough is imprecise and awkward in this context. Choice A, which uses the clear, concise, and idiomatic construction so unrealistic as to constitute, is best. D implies that the term “artificial face” is obsolete when the features are unrealistic??

196. It is possible that Native Americans originally have migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed between Siberia and Alaska.

(A) have migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed

(B) were migrating to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that existed once

(D) migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed（D）

(E) were migrating to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land existing once

Choice D, the best answer, correctly uses the past-tense verb forms migrated and existed to refer to actions completed in’ the past. Choices A, B, and E present incorrect verb forms for expressing simple past action, and existing once in E is imprecise. Although choice C manages the correct tense, it misplaces the sentence elements so as to suggest that the Western Hemisphere once existed between Siberia and Alaska.

A:　不存在了以后才migrate.

223. As business grows more complex, students majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly successful in the job market.

(A) majoring in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming increasingly

(B) who major in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are becoming more and more

(D) who major in specialized areas like those of finance and marketing have been becoming more and more（B）

(E) having majored in such specialized areas as finance and marketing are being increasingly

The phrase As business grows more complex introduces an ongoing condition that is leading to consequences described in the rest of the sentence. Those consequences should, like the causal condition, be expressed with simple present-tense or present progressive verb forms. Only choice B, the best answer, consistently employs these forms: who major... and... are becoming. In A and D, the use of like rather than such as is incorrect: like makes a comparison; such as introduces examples. In A, C, and D, those of is unnecessary verbiage, and being in C and E is less precise than becoming for describing a pattern of events that is unfolding. A的因果倒置了

235. Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Miller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.

(A) Miller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as

(B) Miller’s career began in an unpromising apprenticeship as

(D) Miller had begun his career with the unpromising apprenticeship of being（B）

(E) the career of Miller has begun with an unpromising apprenticeship of

The best answer, B, uses the logical and grammatically correct construction. Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Miiller’s career began... and culminated. Note that the noun phrase appearing after the comma is modified by Spanning and serves as the subject of began and culminated. Choice A produces an illogical statement by placing Friedrich Miiller in this subject position. Choice C corrects this error but produces an unidiomatic construction by using apprenticeship of being instead of apprenticeship as. Choice D repeats both this error and the subject error of A. D and E needlessly change the simple past tense began to the past perfect had begun and the present perfect has begun, respectively, and E uses apprenticeship of, which is unidiomatic in this context.

246. Joachim Raff and Giacomo Meyerbeer are examples of the kind of composer who receives popular acclaim while living, often goes into decline after death, and never regains popularity again.

(A) often goes into decline after death, and never regains popularity again

(B) whose reputation declines after death and never regains its status again

(D) who declines in reputation after death and who never regained popularity again

(E) then has declined in reputation after death and never regained popularity

作者: mariezhu 时间: 2004-5-27 11:58

Since February, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?) 5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

个人觉得两个都有问题,C选项weiyuGG解释得很清楚, economy strength continues发生在现在,那么analysts不可能在过去已经以其为原因,预言12月份该目标会如何如何.另外C选项的一个大问题是continue是不及物动词,后面怎么可能跟名词?

A 中economy's continued strength同样令人可疑, continued给人的感觉是continue的行为已经结束,如果这一行为已经不再继续,那么又怎么能说12月份目标还会被提高呢

这道题似乎在另外一个帖子里见过,当时还给了一个选项, 是个独立主格的句子,with+noun+v-ing,个人觉得那个更像正确选项.(选项缺失实在害人不浅哪)

我稍后回去找找

作者: juan 时间: 2004-5-27 14:15

weiyu:你说的C前后时态问题，我也觉得很有道理，可能还是有问题。当时比较了A,C半天,实在觉得have been predicting好象是从过去到现在一直在predict,感觉不合理.而且A中的continued strength感觉weird....而对于前面continues....后面predicted....,我就把它看成了the economy continues strength是一种客观事实(可以用一般现在时,因为如果在句子作者看来 the economic过去,现在都在continue strength的话,可以用一般现实时),而the analysts的predict的动作在句子作者讲述时看来是发生在过去,所以用一般过去时.---不知道我这种想法有没有问题.请指正.

mariezhu: continue既是vi., 也是vt., 做vt.时后面可以跟名词。例：The police will continue their investigation.

作者: juan 时间: 2004-5-27 14:19

另外,谢谢weiyu,你的提醒促使我仔细温习了一下现在完成时.颇有收获...

LZM讲现在完成时提到"现在完成时表示从过去某时开始的一个动作或状态,一直持续到现在,并且有可能持续到将来." 我觉得这个"持续到将来"是不对的吧?我觉得现在完成时应该是表示过去到现在为止的种种关系.应该和将来无关吧?你看呢?

请指教.谢谢.

作者: shinogigi 时间: 2004-5-27 14:45

我也想参与讨论

可以眼睛痛死了

作者: mariezhu 时间: 2004-5-27 15:02

以下是引用juan在2004-5-27 14:15:00的发言：

mariezhu: continue既是vi., 也是vt., 做vt.时后面可以跟名词。例：The police will continue their investigation.

不好意思没查字典妄加揣度了.不过我还是觉得economy continues strength看起来古怪, strength前面需不需要定冠词?MM举的例子我也同样觉得不是太好,为什么不直接说the police will continue to investigate, 或者the investigation will continue.

彻底糊涂了.多指教吧

作者: dashasha 时间: 2004-5-27 15:27

以下是引用shinogigi在2004-5-27 14:45:00的发言：

我也想参与讨论

可以眼睛痛死了

SHINO 妹妹，快说说你的看法，等着看呢。

作者: shinogigi 时间: 2004-5-27 15:51

以下是引用bryony在2004-3-28 12:27:00的发言：

1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election.

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

完全同意

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

分词修饰不好。表示恒定的状态或正在进行的状态。语感不如用从句修饰。就你提供的两个选择而言，A好。

分词有歧义，究竟是做主句的伴随状态还是修饰成分啊！尤其是前面加了逗号，更加说明这个问题

所以用从句

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

首先because of后面只能跟简洁的名词，象这样有又是所有格又是修饰成分的不行，

另外关键的一点是要用would因为是predit预测，would 是有虚拟的含义

其实这样的题目不难，他都would都出来了，大家应该对这个比较敏感，为什么他出would啊，明明前面有will这个其实就是提醒大家注意再读句子，所以

偶一贯强调，有差异的地方就是考点！！

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

我选B。从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

哈哈，我选B，因为大家这样看就知道了The feature is instructions that will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light.

如果是which那么必然是修饰instructions的就是说这个支票上有提示包括什么什么什么，那么which和that引导的定语从句（修饰instructions)的是并列的，可是并列的东西怎么能没有and连接呢？！！显然不对

所以只能用iby ncluding表示方式方法

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

反正A不对。rate 不能用more than 修饰，OG上明确有说。

同意只能用higher

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

两个答案我倾向D。

哈哈从句子意思上说alone比较好，因为表示单纯的，就卡车而言

从语法上说themsleves是反身代词

没生命的东西怎么翻过来说自己啊，晕死

作者: shinogigi 时间: 2004-5-27 15:52
眼睛痛ng

作者: LES 时间: 2004-5-27 16:26

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

我选B。从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

所以只能用iby ncluding表示方式方法

gigi, 这题为什么不选D，简化后的题干是The feature is instruction, including....
including...这里是介词短语，修饰instruction。因为reminders 本身就是instruction 中的一部分。

而说instruction by including通过什么方式，好像不通。如果是instruct by 某种方式还说得通。

作者: shinogigi 时间: 2004-5-27 17:04

两点说明

一，这里不是instruction不是和by including一个层次的

你看出来了吗其实是instructions that will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity by including

这个by including是定语从句里的部分是和help一个层次，就是说通过在支票上包括一些列的提示来帮助鉴别真伪。。。。

二 to是表目的的介词

这里不是表目的啊

这里的意思是，有关什么什么的提示，如果把for改成about，MM是不是就清楚了呢？

作者: LES 时间: 2004-5-27 20:33

以下是引用shinogigi在2004-5-27 17:04:00的发言：

两点说明

一，这里不是instruction不是和by including一个层次的

你看出来了吗其实是instructions that will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity by including

这个by including是定语从句里的部分是和help一个层次，就是说通过在支票上包括一些列的提示来帮助鉴别真伪。。。。

二 to是表目的的介词

这里不是表目的啊

这里的意思是，有关什么什么的提示，如果把for改成about，MM是不是就清楚了呢？

今天真是受益匪浅，上面一条，偶还真是从来不懂的说

谢谢gigi!

作者: mariezhu 时间: 2004-5-28 00:08

请大家看看885中的一题,以及ets的解释

17. During the nineteenth century Emily Eden and Fanny Parks journeyed throughout India, sketching and keeping journals forming the basis of news reports about the princely states where they had visited.

In choice A it is not immediately clear whether forming modifies journals or parallels sketching and keeping. Also, where they had visited is wordy and inappropriate for a simple reference to past events. Choice B does not establish who visited the princely states, and that were forming should be that formed. Choice C is unclear because to form could be read as either in order to form or so as to form, and the present perfect have visited does not agree with the past tense journeyed. In choice D, as in choice a, where they had is faulty, and had formed suggests that the journals and news reports existed before the journey. E is best for this question of average difficulty.

是否可以得出如果选by including可能产生一种歧义,就是including 和watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing 平行?

作者: juan 时间: 2004-5-28 00:38
标题: open to discussion

以下是引用mariezhu在2004-5-28 0:08:00的发言：

请大家看看885中的一题,以及ets的解释

是否可以得出如果选by including可能产生一种歧义,就是including 和watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing 平行?

这就是我在前面提出过的疑问...可是没人理....55555

作者: jnlvo 时间: 2004-5-28 00:49

应该不会。句子结构不一样。

我想不是只要句子中有doing出现它们都会被理解成可能平行。

17为什么会理解成平行我想道理跟这题有点类似。

12. Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only

(B) In 1905, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed

(C) In 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only

(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed（C）

(E) Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only

Choices A and B are wordy and imprecise: the phrasing suggests that Bartok and Kodaly were already traveling the back roads of Hungary when they began their pioneering work, not that they traveled the back roads in order to conduct such work. Moreover, and suggests in both cases that they were armed with a phonograph in addition to being on the road, rather than while they were on the road, and only in B is misplaced before the verb armed. Choice C is correct. In choice D, Having traveled… suggests that the two had finished traveling before they began their work in ethnomusicology, and only is again misplaced. Choice E is wordy and awkwardly constructed. The question is a little easier than the average.

traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only，我个人理解这里的armed还是认为修饰主语Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály 好，所以17同样forming可以认为是平行于sketching and keeping 一同修饰Emily Eden and Fanny Parks 。

而B中的by including reminders for watching 跟17的结构不一样所以不会产生这种平行的感觉。

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作者: robertchu 时间: 2004-6-18 13:15

1: Soaringtelevision costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidentialcampaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election.

B: agreater proportion than any previous election

Thecorrect answer offered is B.

同意bryony (4楼), 应该是 “a greater proportionthan (that) in any previous election”.

“that”可以省,但 “in”不可省.

2: Acertain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging,which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vastproportion of forests …

E:logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vastproportion of forests … Thecorrect answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

Surely A is better than E here. 现在分词有动作意味,一般修饰句子主语．而且E “logging, removing...” is prettyconfusing.

3: SinceFebruary, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?)5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts havebeen predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: becausethe economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that thetarget would

Thecorrect answer offered is C. WHY?

Thecorrect answer should be A. 未划线部分用的是现在时态”has raised”, it makes no sense whatsoeverto use “predicted” as in C. “the economy’scontinued strength” is a fairly simple and very common phrase, so it’s O.K. touse “because of”. “have been predictingfor weeks that ... will ...” is also a pretty common usage.

B: byincluding reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing D:including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which oneis better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues tatthe “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

D. “...feature ... is a serious of instructions... , including reminders to watch, compare, and view...” “By including” in B is awkward.

5:While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business ina certain country hovers around 5%.

C: whilemore than half of mainstream American business fails

Thecorrect answer offered is C.

C mightnot be the best one. If there is choiceslike “While the failure rate for business in US is about 50%”, choose it.

6: In1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the US, but in 1998 almost twice thenumbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: Thatnumber of trucks alone

E: Thenumber of trucks by themselves

Which oneis the better?

D. “twice that numberof trucks alone”.

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作者: tony6 时间: 2004-8-18 19:53

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作者: dream1111 时间: 2004-9-7 13:45

以下是引用LES在2004-5-27 16:26:00的发言：

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

我选B。从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

而说instruction by including通过什么方式，好像不通。如果是instruct by 某种方式还说得通。

B, my answer if i have to make a choice in such 3. because the ' holding' the subject of which is 'merchants ' determines that the clause ' while holding ......' has to match the clause begining with ' that will help ....'. only B does so.

作者: wlee226 时间: 2004-10-10 13:41

以下是引用wangdaya在2004-3-28 11:18:00的发言：
4 D

6 D

同意6选D。that number 指代上文的4000。

E中的the number意思不清楚

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作者: wlee226 时间: 2004-10-10 13:53

以下是引用iamwwh在2004-4-20 4:37:00的发言：

我选D, 我觉得including reminder to ...是一种伴随状态，printed instructions 是它的逻辑主语。including是现在分词，不是介词.

支持，本题选D。including.....补充说明有哪些features.

如果用by including, 句子的主语 the features不能是by including 的执行主语。

作者: daxing 时间: 2004-10-16 02:38

以下是引用wlee226在2004-10-10 13:53:00的发言：

支持，本题选D。including.....补充说明有哪些features.

如果用by including, 句子的主语 the features不能是by including 的执行主语。

支持选D，因为如果用“ by including....."表示对‘HELP”的解释，这个介宾短语应该放在从句中，而不应放在整个句字后面，造成歧义

作者: P_GMAT 时间: 2004-12-13 07:07

以下是引用robertchu在2004-6-18 13:15:00的发言：

3: SinceFebruary, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?)5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts havebeen predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: becausethe economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that thetarget would

Thecorrect answer offered is C. WHY?

我同意robertchu的说法。continued strength 是很常见的说法。下面是引用自美联储主席格林斯潘的发言：“This morning I would like to explore the apparent incongruity between the recent substantial losses on corporate credits and the continued strength of the U.S. banking system”。我也觉得应该选A。C中的predicted和for weeks不搭配，像for weeks, for years, for days这种一直延续到现在的时间状语是经常和完成时搭配的。

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作者: 华籍美人 时间: 2005-5-30 10:37

我也觉得应该是A

1.the economy's continued strength与the economy continues strong(C答案里好像不是continues strength,而是continuses strong吧！难道偶的版本有错？）意思是不一样的

2.同意P_GMAT说法，continued strength表达并没有错

3.for weeks引导一段时间，应该用完成时，否则一个句子三个时态，太吓人了吧。。。

4.predict后面通常跟will，表示对将来的推测，我觉得C中的would，有点怪怪的，大家看呢？

作者: tonyadidas 时间: 2005-5-30 14:01

1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election.

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

同意

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

E选项把第一个插入与removing only selected trees删掉，either or的结构在surface fire就可以看作已经结束了，拿这个burning可以看作是主句谓语has的伴随动作或伴随结果，有歧义。A的定语从句没这个问题。

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C. WHY?

这里是continue strong吧？我记得是的。再说because本来就比because of更适合表达复杂意思。麻烦查证一下。

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

for doing 表目的不如to do，主语是feature，怎么说feature do sth by doing?再有by including会造成comparing, viewing与including平行的歧义。

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

状语从句，没有对平行的要求。C简洁。支持。

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the LACE>USLACE>, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

D好，意思是光卡车就很多辆。E表达有问题。一种理解是一定数量的卡车自己（by themself）跑下了生产线。

作者: xinfaxian 时间: 2005-5-30 15:08

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

这道题好像在GWD里也出现，一直搞不明白，经Tony 牛gg 这么一指点马上就明白了。谢谢哦！

不过，最后一题，第6题有点疑问，为什么A，同划线，不可以呢？在OG里不是有一个例子好像是讲什么bird的那一题，不就是用的是numbers 吗？这里我觉得也可以呀，因为是卡车本身下了流水线，不是卡车的数字下了流水线啊？偶理解有问题？麻烦tony gg再解释一下好吗？到底numbers 和number的用法是怎样的。我觉得一般考点好像都是number,也有例外吧？

先谢谢！

作者: tonyadidas 时间: 2005-5-30 16:25
这里的that number真得很新奇。不过如果只把number当作一个名词来理解，就如the fruit等一类指代成分来理解就比较说得通了。也就是说，这里只是重复说明了前面的一个名词形成分，一个数字4000，that number of修饰trucks,意思是‘那样多的卡车’ 中心语是trucks。alone作副词，意思是‘单独的’。再看E,the number of trucks,什么意思呢?中心语是number，意思是说这个‘数’came off......。再有那个by themself，我想强调一点是也许我们有办法把一个选项解释的通，但如果还能理解成另外一个意思（卡车被赋予了灵魂自己没事儿干愣就跳下了生产线飞驰在大众面前），那这个选项本就是有问题的，有歧义的。在og中这样的例子很多见吧。og的解释会说：an illogical but possible reading is that......。所以，在考虑如何把一个选项解释通的同时，也要考虑是不是产生了其他的逻辑意思？这就歧义的含义吧。一家之言，仅供参考。

作者: xinfaxian 时间: 2005-5-30 21:29

真是个好人啊,这么快就给答复.

不过如果只把number当作一个名词来理解，就如the fruit等一类指代成分来理解就比较说得通了。也就是说，这里只是重复说明了前面的一个名词形成分，一个数字4000，that number of修饰trucks,意思是‘那样多的卡车’ 中心语是trucks。

这个解释有道理了,明白了。

所以，在考虑如何把一个选项解释通的同时，也要考虑是不是产生了其他的逻辑意思？这就歧义的含义吧。

最近越来越感觉其实SC逻辑也很重要了。谢谢gg的提醒啊！

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作者: 罗马青年 时间: 2007-6-2 02:20
D中的“due to...”就一定错吗？可CD22给的答案是D啊！NN能否找到 due to...的正确用法？是否某些时候比 because of...及 because。。。更好呢？

作者: wsdoll 时间: 2007-8-19 12:34
怎么答案有给D,有给C的，可是这么多人有支持A. 究竟什么好。

作者: christinabai 时间: 2009-9-18 06:05
3.would 表示过去的推测。Since February,the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term.......

作者: AMBER513 时间: 2019-9-10 15:39
看一下！

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