Section 2-15,16,25/Section 3-4,15,16

Section 2

25.   In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.（D）

为什么A不对？是说the question无法做assessing的逻辑主语（但是这里前面有介词了呀），还是说assessing是连续动作，在这里不合适？

应该是因为the question无法做assessing的逻辑主语，介词短语也要修饰东东的呀。

16.   The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.（E）

(E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

为什么B不对？是不是说hopefully在GMAT中是不合适的表达？

完成时hopefully completed 一般不表将来！

15.   Although the Supreme Court ruled as long ago as 1880 that Blacks could not be excluded outright from jury service, nearly a century of case-by-case adjudication has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be drawn from “a fair cross section of the community.”

(A) has been necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be

(D) is necessary to develop and enforce the principle that all juries must be（A）

这里为什么D不对，为什么要用现在完成时？

原来我也问过这题，有人说是nearly a century 暗示用完成时。但是，我觉得，当让步从句，用过去时，主句用现在时时，一般应该用完成时。比如：我去年报了gmat，但是，（现在）没考。

Section 3

4.     Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 billion in debts; at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the world’s largest multinational banks.

(A) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is

(B) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are

(C) should they repudiate a significant number of these debts, are

(D) if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be（A）

(E) if a significant number of these debts will be repudiated, is

Debts后面有一个分号；那么at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the world’s largest multinational banks. 是什么结构呀？虚拟倒装？

是倒装！

15.   By installing special electric pumps, farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk, according to one agricultural engineer.

(A) farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk, according to one agricultural engineer

(B) the warmth from cows’ milk could be used by farmers to heat their houses, according to one agricultural engineer

(C) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers could use the warmth from cows’ milk to heat their houses

(D) farmers, according to one agricultural engineer, could use the warmth from cows’ milk to heat their houses（D）

(E) one agricultural engineer reports that farmers’ houses could be heated by the warmth from cows’ milk

D，by installing special electric pumps修饰farmers合适吗？我觉得A好一点

当然是farmers 来installing，farmers’ houses只能被installing。

16.   In the traditional Japanese household, most clothing could be packed flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities.

(A) flatly, and so it was not necessary to have elaborate closet facilities

(B) flat, and so elaborate closet facilities were unnecessary

(C) flatly, and so there was no necessity for elaborate closet facilities

(D) flat, there being no necessity for elaborate closet facilities（B）

(E) flatly, as no elaborate closet facilities were necessary

这里为什么不选A呢？仅因为B比较简洁吗？

A有多处错误呀，其中，pack most clothing  后面该是形容词作补语。