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雨天的书 · 发表于 2011-12-28 18:16:37

?19.GWD21-Q19:

?Regardless of their form orfunction, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing havebeen called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788, whenEuropeans saw Dharug-speakingmen tossing “bumariny” inthe area later known as Sydney.

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A.Regardlessof their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects madefor throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians ever since 1788,

B.Regardlessof their form or function, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made forthrowing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians ever since 1788,

C.Eversince 1788, non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curvedobjects made for throwing boomerangs, regardless of their form or function,from

D.Eversince 1788, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing hasbeen called a boomerang by non-Australians, regardless of its form or function,from

E.Non-Australianshave called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwingboomerangs ever since 1788, regardless of their form or function, from

答案是C，我选的是B，这个from是哪里来的，我一直搞不明白。gmat sc中，句子一长，我就慌了。。。还没适应啊

雨天的书 · 发表于 2011-12-28 18:21:57

答案是A，为啥呢

雨天的书 · 发表于 2011-12-28 18:22:42

之前答案打错了，是A哈。为啥这里any 不好呢

demorgan · 发表于 2012-1-28 16:15:04

注意前面Regardlessof their form or function，their和any不配啊

wwc008love · 发表于 2012-1-28 23:00:32

这题我也做错了。看看prep的解释

A.   正确，该句多处出现数的概念：their、any/all、object/objects、boomerang/boomerangs等。
B. Their与any object、has been called单复数不一致
C. From when用法错误；when与其修饰对象1788关系不紧密
D. From when用法错误；when与其修饰对象1788关系不紧密
E. From when用法错误；when与其修饰对象1788关系不紧密

句子结构：…, … objects… have been called boomerangs…
Regardless of something表示不受…的影响，位于句首修饰句子主语。句子采用被动语态避免主动语
态下的头重脚轻的状况，since 1788位于完成时态之后。When紧跟在其修饰对象1788之后，修饰关
系紧密。

主谓一致（Agreement）,   简洁有效（Rhetorical Construction）
1)   主谓一致、单复数一致。考生需要注意在长句中，数的概念要始终保持一致。
2) GMAT要求修饰成分与被修饰对象在位置上紧密相邻、指代清晰。在该题中，只有A、B选项的时
间定语从句when Europeans saw…   紧跟在被修饰的先行词――时间1788年之后。CDE选项中的

when从句与其修饰对象被大量其他成分隔开，距离很远，修饰不紧密。

补充说明
Regardless of something，词典的解释为：without being affected or influenced by something
被动语态
此题的正确选项使用了被动语态。本书已经花了很多笔墨强调一般情况下被动语态都不是正确选
项。因此，在本题中，分别以A、C为例，我们可以分析一下在该题中为何被动语态优于主动语态，
以加深读者对主动、被动的认识。
A选项中，regardless of their form or function位于句首，准确的修饰了句子主语objects made for
throwing，their也无疑义地指向了主语objects，boomerangs作called的宾语非常清晰，when紧跟在
其指代的先行词1788之后，动宾关系、修饰关系紧密。如果改为主动语态，则为：non-Australians have
called【all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing】boomerangs.   括号内为
called的宾语，boomerangs为宾补，头重脚轻。此外，regardless of的被修饰对象objects被埋在句子
中间，修饰不如A选项那么紧密、直接。所以，相比之下，A选项用被动语态，在该题中为更好的选
择。
实际上在该题中，我们不需要理解被动的用法也可以做对该题。之所以在此处分析被动语态的问
题，是希望考生能够对GMAT改错部分的核心标准“准确、清晰、简洁”有更深层次的认识。

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