求解gwd几道很难的sc题，看了答案回去还是想不明白，谢谢！

SavingCupid

Q1:

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.



A.minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

B.minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

C.minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

D.it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice

E.it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

这题答案是A，我选的是C。因为我一直记得be likely to这个句式，为什么在这里却不是这样的呢？还有C 的原因是不是没有plan on doing这个说法？

Q2:

Not one of the potential investors is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were not to be concluded.



A.is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were

B.is expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal was

C.is expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger agreement be signed by them with a provision for penalties if the deal were

D.are expected to make an offer for buying First Interstate Bank until it signs a merger agreement with a provision for penalties included if the deal was

E.are expected to be making an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until they sign a merger agreement including a provision for penalties if the deal were

这题答案是C，我是完全不明白为什么这里要用be原型。。。

Q3:

Several financial officers of the company spoke on condition that they not be named in the press reports.



A.that they not be named

B.that their names will not be used

C.that their names are not used

D.of not having their names

E.of not naming them

这题和上题一样，也搞不明白为什么要用be，on condition that应该不是什么特殊词组啊



Q4:

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.



A.an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications

B.an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C.so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D.so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

E.so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

这题答案是E，不是一直说要并列那为什么so much后面是名词but后面却是形容词呢？



Q5:

In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world’s leading exporter of honey, with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to the United States.



A.with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going

B.with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it that goes

C.with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it going

D.selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes

E.selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

这题答案是E，不知道为什么D不可以？



Q6:

Most of Portugal’s 250,000 university students boycotted classes in a one-day strike to protest a law that requires them to contribute $330 a year toward the cost of higher education, previously paying $7 per year.



A.year toward the cost of higher education, previously paying $7 per year

B.year toward the cost of higher education, for which was previously paid $7 per year

C.year, compared to the previously $7 per year, toward the cost of higher education

D.year toward the cost of higher education, instead of the $7 per year required previously

E.year as opposed to the $7 per year required previously for the cost of higher education

答案是D，感觉很奇怪，为什么B不行？



Q7:

Gas hydrates, chemical compounds of water and natural gas, are increasingly being studied for their potential to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and significant contributors to global warming.



A.to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and

B.to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and even as

C.as huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and

D.as huge reservoirs of energy, and the possible cause of sea floor instability,

E.as huge reservoirs of energy, as possible causes of sea floor instability, and even as

这题答案是A，我很想不明白，我选的是E，不是说要并列结构么



Q8:

Researchers have announced that the magnetic fields emitted by one manufacturer’s security surveillance system, of which type there are 200,000 worldwide, can interfere with pacemakers and that this interaction can bring on missed or irregular heartbeats, nausea, breathlessness, dizziness, and even fainting.



A.of which type there are 200,000 worldwide, can interfere with pacemakers and that

B.of which, worldwide, there are 200,000 of that type, and which can interfere with pacemakers, and

C.of which type there are 200,000 worldwide, they can interfere with pacemakers and

D.200,000 of which type exist worldwide, interfering with pacemakers, and

E.200,000 of that type existing worldwide and can interfere with pacemakers, and

这题答案是D，但是肯定有问题，因为选D前半句就没有谓语了



Q9:

Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.



A.Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while

B.The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but

C.It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still

D.Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain dwellers, although

E.It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since

这题答案是A，但是我觉得B为什么不对呢？好像读起来还比A流畅

silent7706

你一次题目打得太多了，貌似需要一题一题的问。
另外，你的官方答案有问题。很多都是错解。

SavingCupid

汗。。。我是在这里下的，每套题后面都有答案，那正确的答案在哪里呢？

wind2006

Q3.
I am confused too.
Someone else posted
""of not..." is not idiomatic

"will..." is wrong because there is no future here

"not be named..." mean "not spoken about" so meaning is wrong although subjuctive use is right. "

But many people think it should be A on the ground of  it is subjective mood.