语法题 SC-a13dqk 求教

欧小鸥777

Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
A. on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
B. on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
C. solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
D. while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
E. if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

Ans: E

欧小鸥777

这个题我觉得选E是对的 但是我不太能解释出来为什么……求教……

newconcept123

我把Gmatclub的说法给你参考一下吧：
There are quite some reasons why E is correct:
Reason#1 : Presence of comma which calls for a clause to explain the cause of non underlined sentence. We dont need that comma if we are using phrases "on the basis of ..." or "on the grounds of ...". This is a good enough reason to kick A and B out.

Reason#2 : It is typical cause-effect scenario where battle between "in that" and "because" happens. Spideys notes does say that "in that" (as in C) is mostly correct, but it is not so. This is a typical example of that. If any time, a "why" needs to be addressed, we have to use a "because" and that is what E does. So C is gone.

Reason#3 : Idiom to be crammed "if only because"   Even I learnt it hard way.
"If only" is an addendum to "because" which specifies that there is no other reason apart from this reason.

Jack ate the last cookie if only because he wanted to wash the plate.
Jack ate the last cookie because he wanted to wash the plate.

The difference is that the second sentence leaves out the idea that the only reason for eating the cookie was to wash the plate. It also leaves out that certain stylistic 'something' that the first has. The reason in the first sentence has a certain subtractive value, whereas the reason in the second has additive value. In the first sentence, but only because might replace if only because. In the second sentence, one can easily imagine extending the thought with further reasons: because ... and because ... and because ...

Once you know Reason#3, it is flat E.

But even if you know only Reason#1 and 2, you should be able to get rid of A,B, and C. Usage of while is really bad in D to kick it out.

欧小鸥777

newconcept123 发表于 2015-11-2 04:04
我把Gmatclub的说法给你参考一下吧：
There are quite some reasons why E is correct:
Reason#1 : Presenc ...

讲的太好了！谢谢~

xixidog

这道题我还看过另一个分析，就是说要avoid的是duplication，而不是facilities，A,B,C都是在avoid facilities，所以错误，只有DE才是在avoid duplication，而D的while使用错误，所以选E

欧小鸥777

xixidog 发表于 2015-11-2 08:14
这道题我还看过另一个分析，就是说要avoid的是duplication，而不是facilities，A,B,C都是在avoid facilitie ...

谢谢！我还真没从这个角度考虑过呢~