PREP-171

171. Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share its customers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.

A. by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep

B. by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep

C. in its failing to honor its promise to its customers of keeping

D. because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping

E. because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of

A: correct

B: failure不如failing简洁

C: its failing是动名词不简洁

D: 同上

E: 同上

注意：

1、            当because of, by doing, because, due to, by + 名词等在选项句首，第一选择是because连词，其次是by doing，因为动词比名词更能表达的意思更完整；注意此点和动词名词化的区别，前者往往有主语表明动词的发出者，后者往往是介词+动词或介词+名词。

Failure不如failing简洁吗？各个选项看下来也不太明白它们间的区别。。。

Failure不如failing简洁吗？各个选项看下来也不太明白它们间的区别。。。

同问!!

虽然说动词>抽象名词，但是根据动作的结果，state's attorney general 才能去指责呀？failure不是应该更好吗？

另外那个主语是by failing的发出者，如何判断呢？

附prep中的题，盼斑竹或nn解释一下！

68. The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.

A. years as a result of the removal of

B. years as a result of removing

C. years, resulting from the removing of

D. years, which is result of removing

E. years, which is a result of the removal of

A: correct

B: removing 分词结构和后面the clearing of名词结构不对称
            

C: the removing 动名词应该改removal

D: which没指代
            

E: which 没指代
            

注意：
            

1、             as a result of + 名词，等同于resulting from +名词，尽管效率上稍微差一点点
            

2、             有名词表达的，不用动名词表达
            

顶一下， 这道题有点没有懂，觉得E多不错的呢？

要考了！谁帮忙看看？？

1） by + doing 是GMAT优选结构，出现其正确率很高

2） 当做名词性时，如果有抽象名词，优先使用抽象名词而不用动名词。

下题中的介词短语 of/from 的宾语 就要优先使用 removal 而不是 removing.

68. The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.

A. years as a result of the removal of

B. years as a result of removing

C. years, resulting from the removing of

D. years, which is result of removing

E. years, which is a result of the removal of

同问!!

B错只是因为failure不如failing简洁吗??

另外
            我想这里by failing动作的发起者是银行吧
            

因为by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep

后面有its 所以推论是银行做动作发起者

请大家指教一下  谢谢