87. Beyond the immediate cash flow crisis that the museum faces, its survival depends on if it can broaden its membership and leave its cramped quarters for a site where it can store and exhibit its more than 12,000 artifacts.
(A) if it can broaden its membership and leave
(B) whether it can broaden its membership and leave
(C) whether or not it has the capability to broaden its membership and can leave
(D) its ability for broadening its membership and leaving
(E) the ability for it to broaden its membership and leave
Choice A is faulty because it uses the unidiomatic construction depends on if; whether is required to connect depends on with the clause beginning it can....(whether引导名词从句，而且，讨论是否问题，if有overuse之嫌) Choice C uses whether or not where only whether is needed, includes the awkward and wordy construction has the capability to, and unnecessarily repeats the idea of capability with can(整个就是一个不简洁错误大全). Choices D and E use unidiomatic constructions where the phrase its ability to broaden is required. Choice B--idiomatic, concise, and correct--is best.
请问,og对c的解释是不是说can 就等于capability?
呵呵，OG的意思是：
1，have the capability to在用法上一般指人有能力，这里的IT指代的是THE MUSEUM。再说，即使要用，也要用have the capability of (doing), 所以AWKWARD。
2，have the capability to在意思上和CAN相同，但比CAN长了N多，所以WORDY。
3，这个结构是个并列分句，前面用了have the capability to后半分句中的CAN结构上也可省略，所以WORDY AGAIN。
呵呵，OG的意思是：
1，have the capability to在用法上一般指人有能力，这里的IT指代的是THE MUSEUM。再说，即使要用，也要用have the capability of (doing), 所以AWKWARD。（have the capability to和have the capability of (doing),有何不同呢？为什么一般用后者）
2，have the capability to在意思上和CAN相同，但比CAN长了N多，所以WORDY。
3，这个结构是个并列分句，前面用了have the capability to后半分句中的CAN结构上也可省略，所以WORDY AGAIN。
以下是我之前的整理，供大家参考，看看有没有错误的地方:
1. the capability to V和 the capability of 皆可。
请看以下Cambridge的例句。
capability noun [C or U]
These tests are beyond the capability (= ability) of an average 12-year-old.
[+ to infinitive] With the new machines we finally have the capability (= power) to do the job properly.
Several countries are trying to develop a nuclear capability (= weapons needed to fight a nuclear war).
2. the capability to V 和 can V 的功能相同，都是表能力。但意思上有些不同。
capability 的能力，有进一步的隐含做事的效率、成功等等…(able to do things effectively and skillfully, and to achieve results)
somebody is capable of doing sth 正确
somebody has the capability to do sth 也是正确的！
e.g. he has the capability to speak four languages. 字典上找到的例子！
请教：
(D) its ability for broadening its membership and leaving
的for 改为 “of”的话 ，d可否算正确？
谢谢
我觉得改成of的话，D选项也不好。因为题目的意思是说survival建立在是否有能力扩增它的membership，但是D选项的意思是survival建立在其扩增membership的能力上（即暗示肯定有能力，只是能力的大小问题），因此改变了本来的意思。
我觉得改成of的话，D选项也不好。因为题目的意思是说survival建立在是否有能力扩增它的membership，但是D选项的意思是survival建立在其扩增membership的能力上（即暗示肯定有能力，只是能力的大小问题），因此改变了本来的意思。
有点不同意见：
(B) whether it can broaden its membership and leave重点是是否能够做成，而不是是否有能力做，大家可以体会一下不同之处。
就像原句(A) if it can broaden its membership and leave如果能够做成.....，同样也不是考虑能力问题。
whether it can broaden ..直接翻译就是：是否能扩增...，至于这个“能”是指“是否能够做成”还是“是否有能力做”就是每个人理解的细微不同了。
但从英语的理解角度on whether it can broaden和 on ability of ..是明显意思不同的，我也只是强调了这两句意思表达的差别。
谢谢楼上的不同意见。
E具体为什么错？请xdjm帮忙回答一下
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E为什么不对
说到beyond,逻辑OG 理有一句,还请NN 们帮看看:
A thorough survey of a planet’s surface is insufficient to establish beyond a doubt that planet contains no life.
总觉得establish beyond这别扭,理解不好句子的意思, beyond做什么成分?此句如何理解?
一般都是用whether, gmat不喜欢用if来表达“是否”这个含义
我想问是不是不选DE的原因是因为意思不对？？
尽量忠实A选项的意思呢？？？
应该是
(1)在介词后面只能用whether，不能用if。例如： This depends upon whether we are determined to do it. 这件事要看我们是否有决心去做。 It depends on whether he is ready. 这件事要看他是否有准备。 I am not interested in whether you'll come or not. 你来不来我不感兴趣。
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