标题: GWD TN16-Q41 as... as结构 [打印本页] 作者: tintinc 时间: 2011-3-21 23:08 标题: GWD TN16-Q41 as... as结构 41. GWD-23-Q13 Researchers hypothesize that granitic soil is the ideal construction material for the desert tortoise because it is not so hard that it makes burrowing difficult or so soft that it could cause tunnels to collapse. A. so hard that it makes burrowing difficult or so soft that it could cause B. hard enough to make burrowing difficult or soft enough as to cause C. so hard as to make burrowing difficult or soft enough so it causes D. as hard as to make burrowing difficult or as soft as to cause E. too hard, making burrowing difficult, nor too soft, so as to cause
我稍微总结一下我的盲点，请指教！ 1. as... as永远是比较结构（和so as to无关），前后要有比较对象，否定句中so... as也可，但是as... as优先 2. so that只能用so... as to解释，后者严格要求逻辑主语一致。
最后，这句话是结果状语吗？makes怎么看怎么不舒服。。。作者: cycyang 时间: 2011-3-21 23:36
Your summery seems to be quite good. Hope it is useful for your future practice. In fact, I am not good at summerizing the imformation and more often I follow my feelings for the answer.
"it is not so hard that it makes burrowing difficult or so soft that it could cause tunnels to collapse."
这里应该是结果状语从句吧，前面用it makes说明如果土壤太硬，就能造成这个结果，陈述一个事实。而后面用could cause，是在说有坍塌的可能性。作者: tintinc 时间: 2011-3-21 23:48
But GMAT is more rational than emotional and I cannot rely solely on my feelings:S
Another question, so, if change the two "as" in D into "so", is it correct?