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作者: sweetbecky    时间: 2012-8-24 22:51
标题: GWD一道语法求解
For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.


  1. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
  2. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
  3. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
  4. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
  5. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

    这题,A中有only, 而D中没有,所以我鉴于only不可随便扔掉的原则,选择了D,可是正确答案是A

    不大明白,求解是,因为觉得amounting其实也存在就近修饰California 的可能,和A中的which存在同样的弊端


作者: dingzhiyu    时间: 2012-8-25 11:07
prep08语法笔记:

206. (GWD-13-30)
For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago.
A.    which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
B.    which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
C.    and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
D.    amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago    
E.    amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

题目释义:.., non-Hispanic Whites are...., amounting to..., down from...
考点:
句子结构
选项分析:
A. which无所指,前面没有成分可以与amounts to连接(the numbers of non-Hispanic Whites in California才可以);only修饰a decade ago错误。
B. which无所指;down from a decade ago逻辑意思不合理;it无所指。
C. and that amounts中that无所指;they无指代对象。
D. Correct;amounting做状语修饰前面整个主系表结构;对于only的省略见“补充说明”
E. down from what it was a decade ago比较对象不合理, 应该是人口数与人口数比,而不是人口与时间;it无所指;what it was很wordy and awkward;down from…by改变原句含义。
补充说明:
1. 代词指代:
代词不一定是就近指代(但过远一定不好),通常代词指代对象的查找顺序为:
(1) 主从句中:先指代主语的核心词,再指代宾语或表语的核心词,最后指代修饰语中的名词。
(2) 并列句中:有2个或3个句子并列,第2个或第3个句子中的代词应该优先指代第1句中主句的名词。
2. only 强调副词,至于其是否省略,要根据其作用而定。
down from ... 本来就是一分句,不是主要成分,所以only在其中的作用也有限,仅是强调时间状语而已。
所以,是否强调from a decade ago没有显著区别。

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作者: sweetbecky    时间: 2012-8-25 11:26
which为什么不能指代minority呢?
作者: dingzhiyu    时间: 2012-8-25 13:41
which为什么不能指代minority呢?
-- by 会员 sweetbecky (2012/8/25 11:26:33)



http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-628540-1-1.html?postid=15680583&searchmode=TopicContent&searchtext=non Hispanic Whites

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作者: zenglh1988    时间: 2012-11-26 04:55
For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.


    which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
    which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
    and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
    amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
    amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

    这题,A中有only, 而D中没有,所以我鉴于only不可随便扔掉的原则,选择了D,可是正确答案是A

    不大明白,求解是,因为觉得amounting其实也存在就近修饰California 的可能,和A中的which存在同样的弊端

-- by 会员 sweetbecky (2012/8/24 22:51:45)

现在分词短语在句末,而且被逗号与前面的句子隔开,这种情况在GMAT中只作状语修饰主句,可以是伴随,或结果。
which如果指代a minority的话,改变了句子意思,原句是要强调的是no-Hispanic White的数量变化,而不是强调a minority数量的变化(a minority在这里不能指代no-Hispanic White,因为a minority在这里并没有作为no-Hispanic White的同位语出现,而是系表结构中的表语);而且a minority会导致与nearly three quarters only a decade ago意思上的矛盾。




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