求助prep2-45

45.        (26816-!-item-!-188;#058&003335)

A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views; i.e., they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting many specific government programs for health care, education, and the environment.

(A) they denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful, while at the same time supporting

(B) they denounce big government--they say that government is doing too much and has become too powerful--but supporting at the same time

(C) they denounce big government, they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful, while they support at the same time

(D) while they denounce big government, saying that government is doing too much and has become too powerful, at the same time supporting

(E) while they are denouncing big government--they say that government is doing too much and it has become too powerful-- supporting at the same time

正确选项使A. 解释说saying goverment中的that省略了.

我一直理解在gmat中, 宾语从句的that是不能省略的

请指点

谢谢

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

选项A 正确，这里不应该从语法角度寻找答案，而应该从修辞角度找

这里 it was said 并不是倒装强调句，而是插入语，这句话可以写成：

...so prevalent that, it was said, a squirrel could...

试比较：

...so prevalent that, as they said, a squirrel could...

插入语与句子主要成分的区别是，做插入语时强调的不是“这是传闻”，而是强调传闻的内容

而实际上，这种差别并不明显，所以 it was said 即使作插入语，一般也不用逗号分隔，但后面当然可以没有that ，而且这句话里显然没有that 比较好，但是如果你写作的时候不能确定，我建议还是加上that 好，这里加上that 也不能算错

不过我想 GMAT 里如果考修辞，实在有点“超纲”了，这道题本意应该不是考 it was said 用法

选项B 明显错误，其错误也不是在语法上，而是逻辑上，这种程度的语义问题，正是GMAT 的考点

试比较选项A  ...a squirrel could... 这里 a squirrel 是泛指

而选项B ...a squirrel was said that it could... 已经变成了特指，表示据说真的有这么一只松鼠从纽约脚不沾地跳到乔治亚，显然不是作者想说的

至于其他选项，既然你都没贴上来，我想错误应该更明显

这道题即使搞不清A ，既然其他选项可以明显排出，当然只能选A，这种选项安排结构是GMAT 里相当常见的

say (that)
　
                A spokesman said that the company had improved its safety standards.
　
                I always said I would buy a motorbike when I had enough money.

在网上搜了半天，绝大部分的语法观点都是不能省略，有一说是当that引导的主语从句比较短的时候可以省略that,

Longman Dictionary 用一个括号把that括起来，表示可以省略，给出的例句还是有that的,如下：

a) used to talk about something that people think is true

they say/people say/ it is said (that)

They say that she has been all over the world.

It is said that he was a spy during the war.