GWD1-Q30

zjx67 · 发表于 2010-8-11 10:32:04

GWD1-Q30:
The ancient Anasazi harvested such native desert vegetation as the purple-flowered bee plant, what they now commonly call wild spinach in northern Arizona and other parts of the southwestern United States.
A.   what they now commonly call
B.   a plant that they now commonly call
C.   now commonly called
D.   and is mow commonly called
E.   which it is now commonly called
C是个什么成分？

QinManyi · 发表于 2015-5-13 09:12:24

一个在国外论坛上看到的一个GMAT Instructor的解释，大家可以参考一下：
For those who liked E, keep in mind that "which" is a modifier that takes the place of "plant" - essentially "which" is used as a pronoun, so the word "it" is redundant...we're just piling on at that point. You wouldn't say "For Christmas I got a new bike, which it is red". You'd just say "I got a new bike, which is red..."

For A and B, I think it's important to note that "they" does properly replace "Anasazi" as a pronoun...there's nothing wrong with the pronoun itself. What IS wrong here is the logic. We're talking about the ANCIENT Anasazi...so it's illogical that they would "NOW" commonly call a plant something different. Ancient means that there isn't anything they're doing "now". A and B don't really have a pronoun error, but they're both guilty of a vicious logical error.

C is correct - it properly modifies "plant" with "now commonly called", and therefore is correct.

D, just for completeness' sake, illogically makes it sounds like "Anasazi" is now commonly called "Wild spinach" - the word "and" links the two verbs "harvested" and "is", binding them both to the same subject, Anasazi.

ziluqingqing · 发表于 2010-8-26 12:33:12

咦...怎么没人回答呀..

zoeykao · 发表于 2010-8-26 18:23:24

A what they啰嗦使plant变成宾语

B 同位语啰嗦

C 逗号加过去分词在句尾坐定语修饰逗号前的名词

D and is 的主语变成A不合逻辑

E Which it is 可省略

morningzc · 发表于 2010-8-26 22:27:37

同位语不是GMAT喜欢考的么...?

tangying1014 · 发表于 2010-9-4 20:37:45

额，明白了。。。

icever · 发表于 2012-5-10 17:32:33

up
同位语哪儿不妥

wwk_lion · 发表于 2012-10-3 20:14:25

确实B明显不够简洁

DUKB24 · 发表于 2012-10-3 20:37:01

确实B明显不够简洁

-- by 会员 wwk_lion (2012/10/3 20:14:25)

nope

the tense is fatal here

they refer to the preceding noun （how can we use present tense to describe an extincted group ）

TheGreatTony · 发表于 2017-10-16 00:45:52

QinManyi 发表于 2015-5-13 09:12
一个在国外论坛上看到的一个GMAT Instructor的解释，大家可以参考一下：
For those who liked E, keep in m ...

同意！

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