prep1-135 插入语吗？

nemo11 · 发表于 2008-8-8 09:08:00

135. (31742-!-item-!-188;#058&004710)

At one time, the majestic American chestnut was so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could jump from tree to tree without once touching the ground between New York
State and Georgia.

(A) so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could

(B) so prevalent that a squirrel was said that it could

(C) so prevalent for a squirrel to be said to be able to

(D) prevalent enough that it was said a squirrel could

(E) prevalent enough for a squirrel to be said to be able to

A中 it was said是插入语吗？怎么来判断选A不选B？

genebaobao · 发表于 2008-8-8 10:41:00

主动优于被动。。。

不过这题有争议滴

nemo11 · 发表于 2008-8-8 11:10:00

主动优于被动，这个说法我总觉得太模糊。

这是prep的答案怎么会有争议呢？

xueyu815 · 发表于 2008-8-8 11:43:00

B怎么看都很别扭，squirrel was said 这表达就很不舒服,另外A 中it was said应该不是插入语，it是形式主语，其中的引导词that被省略了

aeoluseros · 发表于 2008-8-8 15:14:00

Though the presence/absence of 'that' are both acceptable, GAMT always favors the presence of that when it is leading a subject clause, but an case in favor of omitting 'that' is the occurrence of the word 'that' just a few words away; a sentence containing the words '...so prevalent that it was said that...' would be awfully ugly.

In chioce B, unfortunately, the sentence changes the original meaning.

据说，一只松鼠能跳过...

一只松鼠被说成它能跳过...

意思是有差别的的

nemo11 · 发表于 2008-8-9 11:56:00

据说，一只松鼠能跳过...

一只松鼠被说成它能跳过...

意思是有差别的的

make sense !

B怎么看都很别扭，squirrel was said 这表达就很不舒服,另外A 中it was said应该不是插入语，it是形式主语，其中的引导词that被省略了这个省略有没有标准阿~

cathyzq · 发表于 2008-8-9 12:08:00

考点，SO THAT，DCE全部排除，被动没有主动好，GMAC经常搞点插入语来迷惑我们！所以肯定是A！

emilyzouduff · 发表于 2008-10-14 14:17:00

以下是引用xueyu815在2008-8-8 11:43:00的发言：
B怎么看都很别扭，squirrel was said 这表达就很不舒服,另外A 中it was said应该不是插入语，it是形式主语，其中的引导词that被省略了

貌似这个用排除法只能选A

但是这个形式主语中的that真的可以省吗？

困惑ING~~

还望NN赐教~~！

KennyChenzju · 发表于 2008-10-21 13:33:00

我开始也有同样的困惑，毕竟GMAT的语法是it is + 强调部分 + that/who... 强调句必然要有that。所以起初我选B。但B的问题多了，a squirrel was said 后面要加 to do, 比如said to be able to ... 就会通顺，加that是错误的。仔细看A，另外一个so that的that刚刚出现在句子中，a few words way又来一个that似乎符合语法习惯但不符合通顺、简洁的原则。在不影响句义的情况下省略掉第二个that似乎也没有错。所以还是选回A吧

以下是引用emilyzouduff在2008-10-14 14:17:00的发言：

以下是引用xueyu815在2008-8-8 11:43:00的发言：
B怎么看都很别扭，squirrel was said 这表达就很不舒服,另外A 中it was said应该不是插入语，it是形式主语，其中的引导词that被省略了

貌似这个用排除法只能选A

但是这个形式主语中的that真的可以省吗？

困惑ING~~

还望NN赐教~~！

aeoluseros · 发表于 2008-10-21 13:40:00

reply from my foreign teacher:

Question one's answer is A because, as you guessed, the use of "that" just a few words away makes the sentence sound more awkward than it needs to. "so prevalent that it was said that a squirrel could" doesn't have the easiest flow to it. The earlier "that" is enough to connect the two ideas. A second "that" would be needlessly repetitious, and most writing experts will urge you to delete any non-essential words. As for the other phenomenon, it's easier for me to gauge what you mean if you provide an example.

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