这个题我第一次做也错了,其实它就是考逻辑主语的问题。题干中include后面的内容要与the production of new brain cells形成包含关系,即同类事物。
(A)the brain growing in mice
when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
include后面是brain和neurons,这和新细胞的形成不属于一类事物。另外,when placed省略了主语,那么它的逻辑主语是主句的主语,这里错误地修饰了examples。
(B) mice whose brains grow when
they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when
theyinclude后面是mice和canaries,和新细胞形成差得更远。另外,they分别就近指代brains和neurons,逻辑错误,应该指代mice和canaries。
(C) mice's brains that grow when
they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when
theyinclude后面是mice's brains和canaries' neurons,和新细胞的形成不属于一类事物。另外,they的指代错误同B。
(D) the brain growth in mice
when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when
theyinclude后面是的对象正确,但when placed指代错误同A,they指代错误同B。
(E) brain growth in mice
that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries
that正确选项。include后面的brain growth和an increase in neurons与新细胞的形成属同类事物。(脑细胞的增长,神经细胞的增加。这题的难点也在于此,不太好理解)。that做限定修饰mice和canaries。即放在刺激性环境下的老鼠和学新歌的金丝雀,逻辑正确。
-- by 会员 reebe (2012/3/24 13:02:29)
这题我也有疑问,我觉得最正确的应该是E,可是brain growth 应该是和an increase并列的,为什么前者之前没有一个定冠词
-- by 会员 尽欢 (2012/3/24 13:05:46)
同问~~
可能是固定搭配吧,我看GMAT里所有包含"increase in sth."这个结构的句子,increase前面都有冠词或者any。
另外,growth是不可数名词,increase在这个用法里是可数的,所以可以一个加冠词一个不加。
-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2012/5/28 14:36:04)
记住了!谢谢斑竹~~