标题: OG12-62 passive-voice construction wordy [打印本页] 作者: abjure 时间: 2012-8-4 20:37 标题: OG12-62 passive-voice construction wordy 62. When Congress reconvenes, some newly elected members from rural states will try and establish tighter restrictions for the amount of grain farmers are to be allowed to grow and to encourage more aggressive sales of United States farm products overseas. (A) and establish tighter restrictions for the amount of grain farmers are to be allowed to grow and to encourage (B) and establish tighter restrictions on the amount of grain able to be grownby farmers and encouraging (C) establishing tighter restrictions for the amount of grain farmers are allowed to grow and to encourage (D) to establish tighter restrictions on the amount of grain capable of being grown by farmers and encouraging (E) to establish tighter restrictions on the amount of grain farmers will be allowed to grow and to encourage Idiom; Parallelism
Idiom; Parallelism Although try and is an idiom often used in colloquial language, in this sentence, to is needed after will try to maintain parallelism: to establish and to encourage. Th e correct preposition following restrictions is not for but on. Are to be allowed to grow is wordy; the infi nitive to be should be omitted for a tighter and clearer expression. A To should replace and before establish; restrictions is incorrectly followed by for rather than on; to be is wordy and should be omitted. B Here, the passive-voice construction able to be grown by is weak and wordy; the constructions and establish … and encouraging … are not parallel. C Will try establishing does not show intent or purpose; restrictions must be followed by on, not for; parallelism is lost. D Passive-voice construction capable of being grown by is weak and wordy; encouraging and to establish are not parallel. E Correct. To establish indicates purpose and parallels to encourage; restrictions is correctly followed by on; the wordiness of the verb phrase has been eliminated. The correct answer is E.
这道题正确选项E也用了被动语态。OG解释B/D 解释说 passive-voice construction ..... is weak and wordy. 语意角度: B/D意思是能够被farmer 种的谷物数量。 E忠实原文farmer能够被允许种的谷物数量。//更优
语法角度 问题是出在哪里? 请NN指教作者: 梁泱泱 时间: 2012-8-4 22:08
xdf语法老师说过,GMAT中,be able to be done和capable of being done一看见就是错的,因为后面这个被动显得太不简洁太冗余了。。。作者: jeffery2541 时间: 2012-8-4 23:37
关于被动语态与主动语态,两种语态强调的方面是不同的: i·主动语态本身其实没有特别强调的部分,但在主动语态中动作的发出者是很明确的,所以可以认为,主动语态相对比较强调动作发出者,即主语; ii·被动语态则并一定体现出动作的发出者,而是注重动作的接受者,以及动作对接受的影响。
比如,farmer will be allowed to grow中allow的动作发出者我们并不须明确知道是谁,也不须知道是谁,所以,使用被动语态相对好,另外,这里主动语态几乎无法表达。 而无论是able to be grown,还是capable of being grown都不必使用被动语态,grow动作的发出者明确,且根据句意需要指明,主动语态就好;另外,“能够被种植”在意思的表达上就是awkward的,被种植并不是植物的一种能力,而是farmer动作的结果。作者: abjure 时间: 2012-8-5 08:50
谢谢楼上两位,
(E) to establish tighter restrictions on the amount of grain farmers will be allowed to grow and to encourage
(1)我对E新的理解为:是这样的句子把宾语(on the amounts of grain)和 主题(farmers)用这种句式都强调出来了。B/D都只强调了on the amounts of grain。理解对吗, (2)我记得babybearmm 有个帖子讲到passive-voice construction 的 链接,不知道哪位可以share下。
Thx作者: abjure 时间: 2012-8-5 10:19
OG 74句子和这道题结构很像。作者: abjure 时间: 2012-8-5 20:46
up , 求解答作者: bob9603 时间: 2012-8-24 21:48
去搜我的帖子,我有说过这个问题,你可以搜索 try and establish~~~~~