求教xdf P203 4

mirandatsui

先谢谢kevin0214  上次问题回答的无比详细。非常感谢。


Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce distinguished architecture.
(A) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produce
(B) even if it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money will produce
(C) even though there is no certainty that the expenditure of money in large sums produces
(D) even though it is by no means certain that the expenditure of large sums of money produces
(E) though there is no certainty as to the expenditure of money in large sums producing


答案是D


对于even if 与even though 的用法区别是什么呢？
B与D的区别是even if....will  do/even though......does
求助区别。非常感谢。

kevin0214

楼主不用客气……
这题我基本同意楼上，但我觉得even if 和even though应该没有区别。A错是因为主谓不一致，produce应该是produces，B错是因为没有合理的理由改变了原句的时态，使用了一般将来时。其他楼上分析得很对。

s2206001

我帮你分析一下吧，句子意思是一种前后对比，前面说：成为艺术家要花大笔钱，后面说：即使花钱也难以保证能成为艺术家。所以，基于这个逻辑，CDE是符合的，even if不比较对比，而是一种递进的条件。CDE中，其实CE都犯了个错误，就是there be + 抽象名词，这个是GMAT不喜欢看到的。就算可以接受，CE也不正确。C中的that作为定语从句修饰certainty不合适，E中as to也不合适，而且意思也不恰当。