XDF旧题2-12，谢

wikeypig

12. The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.
(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse
(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even
(C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even.
答案为什么是：B

lewis

(B) 中: "that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers (should) be to refuse even "的"should" 省略了. 这是动词advise 后一种特殊用法.

wikeypig

其他选项为什么错呢？（除D外）

lewis

以下是引用wikeypig在2003-8-30 15:39:00的发言：

(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse

" like these " 在GMAT语法中, 像XX不用like XX, 而是用such as;

(C) a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

此句中advise后必须加that 从句.

(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even.

that 从句中的谓语必须用省略"should"的虚拟形式.