OG12, SC 50

samwdong · 发表于 2011-7-3 02:33:07

According to some analysts, the gains in the stock market reflect growing confidence that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come in for a “soft landing”, followed by a gradual increase in business activity.

A. that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come
B. in the economy to avoid the recession, what many feared earlier in the year, rather to come
C. in the economy’s ability to avoid the recession, something earlier in the year many had feared, and instead to come
D. in the economy to avoid the recession many were fearing earlier in the year, and rather to come
E. that the economy will avoid the recession that was feared earlier this year by many, with it instead coming

Correct Answer: A

我在A和D中间纠结，要搞清楚有几个问题：
1. 解释说"Earlier in the year" 应该用had feared, 为什么were fearing 不可以？
2. 解释说 "the recession must be followed by that", 但是定语从句中如果先行词在从句中做宾语照理是可以省略的。难道gmat中不可以？
3. 还有一个是我一直困惑的问题，就是一般做题时如果BCDE选项中出现与A选项表达意思不同的，是否应该直接排除？比如这里原句是confidence that blah blah blah, 而D则写的是confidence in the economy. 是不是说，即使D没有语法错误，因为改变句意，也不能选？

多谢指教～～～

AresMa · 发表于 2015-11-27 23:41:48

你好
(1)had feared这个Past Perfect用法在这道题里确实比较tricky,当时我也想了半天。其实你可以根据meaning分析一下time line (从过去到现在）: 过去的过去(earlier in the year)：economy was bad>>people were worried>>过去(recently or later in the year)：stock market was good>>>将来：economy will have a soft landing
the past perfect is used for ENDURING ACTIONS/STATES that are STILL ONGOING at some LATER PAST TIMEFRAME.
所以people had feared既是一个enduring actions, 又是发生在stock market变好之前的一个动作。所以没问题。当然，people feared. 简单的过去式也对。但是were fearing 是不对的，因为从meaning 上是强调人们过去担心过，但是现在不担心了。而不是强调人们过去那一刻正在担心。for example: I worried about you before, but now I don't. 是对的。而I was worrying about you, but now I don't. 是不对的。

(2) 关于D中的that 的问题：首先原则是that加上一定不会错，但是不加一定要保证that要modify的对象是准确的。
而D中由于growing confidence in economy 后面接了个to avoid recession, 不定代词作修饰（虽然to avoid recession在意思上就是错的，因为在这里不能表目的）, 不加that, 容易让读者误解成为了modify economy.

dolcehide · 发表于 2011-7-5 22:03:37

同问啊，D项的that作为定语从句的宾语，不应该可以省略么。。。Gmat不是宾语从句that不能省略的么。呃，纠结中。

dolcehide · 发表于 2011-7-5 22:05:38

帮顶~

AlohaDJ · 发表于 2011-7-9 22:54:03

同问，关于that在定语从句中作宾语时是否省略。。
期待NN解答。。thks!

aperal · 发表于 2011-7-9 23:09:37

我觉得原句that引导的是一个同位语从句，而非定语从句。
D项改用不定式修饰confidence，意思上与原句是有细微差异的~
同探讨~

AlohaDJ · 发表于 2011-7-9 23:22:21

嗯第一个that引导同位语从句，没有问题。

第二个that, D选项解释说 "the recession must be followed by that", 但是定语从句中如果先行词在从句中做宾语是可以省略的。GMAT中有没有固定的规则，关于这一点？

欢迎讨论。THKS.

dzxu · 发表于 2011-7-10 00:48:01

GMAT语法中，宾语从句中that不能省，这个确定。

定语从句中that在从句做宾语，that能否省略，这个问题，最近个人也在关注。但做prep08时碰到过that没有省的，这点敢确定。当时的解析记得说是保留that更清晰啥的，题目号一时记不得了。

请看到权威解释的同学继续跟进。

Heather_Lau · 发表于 2011-7-10 00:56:17

"in the economy to avoid the recession many were fearing earlier in the year"
to avoid the recession many were fearing,fearing的主语在哪里啊?
而且个人觉得D所表达的意思跟题目有出入,题目是说相信能够避免经济衰退blabla的信心增强了,但是D的意思是说在经济中增强了避免衰退的信心.

AlohaDJ · 发表于 2011-7-10 02:44:03

"That or Whom can be dropped when the modified noun is the object of the modifying clause.” ---《Manhattan GMAT SC 4th Ver.》P88

Right: The movie that we watched last Friday was scary.
Right: The movie we watched last Friday was scary.

所以，that在定语从句中作宾语时是可以省略的。但OG12对#50选项D的排除理由之一"the recession must be followed by that", 用了MUST,这个解释可能是OG的失误,还是另有他因呢?

不倒翁要杀鸡 · 发表于 2011-7-17 18:04:07

"That or Whom can be dropped when the modified noun is the object of the modifying clause.” ---《Manhattan GMAT SC 4th Ver.》P88

Right: The movie that we watched last Friday was scary.
Right: The movie we watched last Friday was scary.

所以，that在定语从句中作宾语时是可以省略的。但OG12对#50选项D的排除理由之一"the recession must be followed by that", 用了MUST,这个解释可能是OG的失误,还是另有他因呢?

-- by 会员 AlohaDJ (2011/7/10 2:44:03)

我觉得是因为前面还有一个that,因此不可以省略。加上that会使句子结构更清晰。

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