又来提问题了！——曼哈顿模拟题 两道

edithlee

One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company’s performance.

A. management decisions have at least as great an impact

B. decisions by management have a great impact

C. manager decisions impact greatly

D. decisions by a company’s management impact greatly

E. what a company’s management decides has a greater impact

答案选A。我的疑问是：as great 后面没有as也可以的嘛？？？？？怎么觉得怪怪的。。。我还第一个就排除了呢！
下面是给出来的解释：

The word “although” at the beginning of the sentence signals that the underlined portion must draw a comparison between the impact of management decisions and the impact of government policy and industrial sector on a company’s performance. The original sentence correctly draws this comparison with the phrase “at least as great an impact.” Also, "government policy," "industrial sector," and "management decisions" are all correctly parallel (which is required because they are part of the same comparison).

(A) CORRECT. This choice is correct as it repeats the original sentence.

(B) This choice tells us only about the impact of management decisions ("have a great impact") rather than drawing a comparison between the impact of management decisions and the impact of government policy and the industrial sector of a company. Also, “decisions by management” is wordy and nonparallel to “government policy.”

(C) This choice tells us only about the impact of management decisions ("have a great impact") rather than drawing a comparison between the impact of management decisions and the impact of government policy and the industrial sector of a company. Additionally, “manager decisions” is awkward relative to the more commonly used term “management decisions.” Finally, decisions do not "impact on" performance; they impact performance.

(D) This choice tells us only about the impact of management decisions ("have a great impact") rather than drawing a comparison between the impact of management decisions and the impact of government policy and the industrial sector of a company. “Decisions by a company’s management” is wordy and redundant, as “a company” is repeated in the non-underlined portion of the sentence.

(E) This choice does draw a comparison between the impact of management decisions and the impact of government policy and industry sector on company performance; it does not do so in parallel form, however.  The comparison also changes the original meaning of the sentence. In addition, the phrase “what a company’s management decides” is wordy and redundant, as "a company" is repeated in the non-underlined portion of the sentence.

Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of their influence, which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor management.

A.which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor

B. resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors

C. which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors

D. resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of

E. which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favor

Second, "that some analysts claim to favor management" is incorrect. If we remove "some analysts claim" from the sentence, we are left with "a political climate that...to favor management." This is incorrect. We need "to favor" to agree with "a political climate that."

(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.

(B) CORRECT. This choice corrects the relative pronoun error by replacing "which has resulted" with "resulting." Moreover, "favors" agrees with "a political climate that..."

(C) This choice does not correct the relative pronoun error. Moreover, it does not correct the verb error. It replaces "to favor" with "that favors," creating the illogical sequence "a political climate that...that favors."

(D) This choice corrects the relative pronoun error by replacing "which has resulted" with "resulting." However, it does not correct the verb error. It replaces "to favor" with "to be in favor of," creating the illogical sequence "a political climate that...to be in favor of."

(E) This choice does not correct the relative pronoun error. Moreover, it does not correct the verb error. It does not replace "to favor." Additionally, "has been claimed by some analysts" is unnecessarily in passive voice and is wordy.

还有这一题，为什么要把 some analysts claim拿出去呢？？？这不是宾语从句吗？

edithlee

看一下！               

edithlee

Evelyn_ho

这一题我会用排除法来做：
A虽然有些奇怪，可是语义上(尽管公司所依据的政策和工业部门可以影响公司的生产力和财政，管理决策至少有像..那么大的影响)是没问题的，所以我会保留.
B中management decision不平行，而且没有表示出原句中至少的含义，那么就不符合although的转折了。
C meaning被改变，manager decisions和management decision不一样
D.meaning被改变，同样不符合although的转折
E.management能不能decides存疑；失去了原句的含义。
所以我在想as的用法是不是不是我们平时所用的as...as

Evelyn_ho

第二题我也做错了。现在回看感觉some analysts claim更像主语从句a political climate that favors management的插入语。
如果从宾从角度来看的话
D中后面的句子无论是改为 some analysts claim a political climate to be in favor of management还是 some analysts claim to be in favor of a political climate management都是错误的。
而且claim的固定搭配只有 claim that；和 claim to do；claim A to do 是suspect的用法。

edithlee

Evelyn_ho 发表于 2015-8-21 00:36
第二题我也做错了。现在回看感觉some analysts claim更像主语从句a political climate that favors managem ...

wow，谢谢！！！

Marinliu

第二题which 不可以代句子，ace错，to be in favor of好怪。。。。。。

Miaocy

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When the first part of the comparison appears before "at least as", you don't require another "as" in the sentence. For example:
Quote:
Bob makes a mean pizza, but Fred's spaghetti is at least as good.
Quote:
Die Hard 2 was a thrill ride from start to finish, but Die Hard 4 was at least as exciting.
and in this question:
Quote:
Although government policy is influential, management decisions have at least as great an impact.

triway

Miaocy 发表于 2017-10-8 22:36
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When the first part of the comparison appears before "at least as", you don't require an ...

oh thanks!!!

snakeystart

Miaocy 发表于 2017-10-8 22:36
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When the first part of the comparison appears before "at least as", you don't require an ...

同意！