不可不看得真题5道。

1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election. fficeffice" />

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

    A 感觉不对。不是主语比较，因此was 无从谈起，而且前面也没有任何词替代。但感觉B也很怪。如果我写这个句子，可能会写成 a greater proportion than that (/the proporotion)    in any previous election.

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

    分词修饰不好。表示恒定的状态或正在进行的状态。语感不如用从句修饰。就你提供的两个选择而言，A好。

3: Since February, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?) 5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C.     WHY?

    不知道。continues strength 感觉很怪。

4: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light.

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

    我选B。 从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

反正A不对。rate 不能用more than 修饰，OG上明确有说。

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the ffice:smarttags" />US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

    两个答案我倾向D。

下次最好把答案贴全，好吗？

: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light. fficeffice" />

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

    我选B。 从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。