用了10天把我的4颗智齿拔完了, 今天开始回归GMAT

maggiecookies

158. With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.

(A)  With

(B)   As

(C)  Being

(D)  Despite having

(E)   Although accounting for

The word or phrase that begins this sentence should establish the contrast between the size of the United States population and the activities of its citizens. Choices D and E are the only ones that establish the contrast, and only E, the best choice, expresses meaning accurately with the phrase Although accounting for. With in choice A and Despite having in choice D confusingly suggest that United States citizens somehow possess, rather than constitute, 5 percent of the world's population. Choices B and C lose the contrast between the opening phrase and the main clause, and As is unidiomatic in B.

这个结构很怪啊!!???

是不是有省略?

 

stellaleigh

先确定句子主语：US citizens。从句省略主句主语，ABCD套进去都不对。

maggiecookies

以下是引用stellaleigh在2006-5-28 11:05:00的发言：
先确定句子主语：US citizens。从句省略主句主语，ABCD套进去都不对。

3 Q,

135. Although aspirin has been proven to eliminate moderate fever associated with some illnesses, many doctors no longer routinely recommend its use for this purpose. A moderate fever stimulates the activity of the body's disease-fighting white blood cells and also inhibits the growth of many strains of disease-causing bacteria.

 

If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?

(A) Aspirin, an effective painkiller, alleviates the pain and discomfort of many illnesses.

(B) Aspirin can prolong a patient's illness by eliminating moderate fever helpful in fighting some diseases.

(C) Aspirin inhibits the growth of white blood cells, which are necessary for fighting some illnesses.

(D) The more white blood cells a patient's body produces, the less severe the patient's illness will be. B

(E) The focus of modern medicine is on inhibiting the growth of disease-causing bacteria within the body.
            

这倒题为什么C 不对呢? 我C 和B 选了很久, 最终还是选错了? 思路是什么?

谢谢!

maggiecookies

这几天又重新总结了一遍SC, RC, 和CR, 虽然都还没有全部总结完, 但发现以前我很多题目都是囫囵吞枣理解得很不透彻.

1. SC 看来是要恶补了, OG 10 的正确率(110--190)只有75%,很多的基本语法点还是没有掌握.特别是句子的成份.越来越觉得难.

2.  阅读开始觉得读出结构是一件事半功倍地事情.可是分类总结还没有做完, 还要好好努力

3. CR 发现很多题都用到推理链, 凭感觉并不是一个做题方法, 但培养对正确答案的感觉还是值得推敲的.越来越觉得难.

May 29

1. XY-GWD 5, 超时20分钟, ,没办法快了我做不完.

2. 看了好几章数学.(XDF)

3. 做了OG MUST BE TRUE 分类题, 感觉好累, 这类型题怎么这末难.

maggiecookies

Evaluation:

 

1．  结论题

---- most properly draw推论题，
            A，B,     答案就a, b ----C

原文改写一定是结论题型的正确选项之一，只要在结论处，看到就可以选-某人的总结

有考到整体和部分，以及有个基本点，
        然后进行比较。

 

----------Must be true 需要用到推理链：A---B， B- ---C，
        若A---C，
        那摸答案就是A——B

-------which of the following assertion: ，inferences is best supported by the statement above

A--- C, 答案补出B的隐含条件

 

天体
        对这类题没什么感觉，
        

1．  爆炸率和电脑，
        结论是如果系统设计者没有设定此种偶发事件，则系统对陨石爆炸的反应是不确定的。

OG-10

10. Meteorite explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere as large as the one that destroyed forests in Siberia, with
approximately the force of a twelve-megaton nuclear blast, occur about once a century.
The response of highly automated systems controlled by complex computer programs to unexpected
circumstances is unpredictable.
Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn, if the statements above are true, about a highly
automated nuclear-missile defense system controlled by a complex computer program?
A. Within a century after its construction, the system would react inappropriately and might accidentally start a
nuclear war.
B. The system would be destroyed if an explosion of a large meteorite occurred in the Earth’s atmosphere.
C. It would be impossible for the system to distinguish the explosion of a large meteorite from the explosion of a
nuclear weapon.
D. Whether the system would respond inappropriately to the explosion of a large meteorite would depend on
the location of the blast.
E. It is not certain what the system’s response to the explosion of a large meteorite would be, if its designers
did not plan for such a contingency.

译成中文就是
条件一：陨石爆炸一百年一次
条件二：自动化系统的反应是它是不可预测的。
结论：如果系统设计者没有设定此种偶发事件，则系统对陨石爆炸的反应是不确定的。

 

关于疾病

1．  OG20一定是AA下降，BB上升，
        然后说运动能使AA下降， INFER 是运动使BB上升

 

 

有一道题OG10-91
When a polygraph test is judged inconclusinve, this is no reflection on the examinee. Rather, such a judgement means that the test has failed to show whether the examinee was truthful or untruthful. Nevertherless, employers will sometimes refuse to hire a job applicant because of an inconclusive polygraph test result.
Which of the fllowing conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above?
(C) An inconclusive polygraph test result is sometimes unfairely held against the examinee.
(E) Some employers have refused to consider the results of polygraph tests when evaluating job applicants.

答案选c，
        我选e, 不选e的原因是它直接描述了原文而不是从原文infer出来的吗？也就是说直接描述原文语言的选项是不能选的吗？

有两点可以否定E：一是原文是将来时，E为完成时。二是原文是拒绝雇申请者（考虑了测试结果，虽然没结论）。E是拒绝考虑测试结果，--by lawyer

这里没这么多逻辑原理，关键是把握作者意图，即：which conclusion是作者希望你可以得出。

偶觉得这道题，在于准确把握作者的态度，因为这是一个根据原文推导main point的典型题目；作者先说了这个test的基本情况是result is inconclusive,然后解释了原因是：can't judge...truthful..or not truthful；然后又举了一个招聘的事实，显然作者的态度是对例子中employer的做法表示了不满，即认为：以不确定的结果来判断whether emplosy examinee;employer持有偏见！！

解题过程中，容易受干扰的是B、D、E选项：

og的解释： Neither B nor D is supported, since the information given includes nothing either implicit or explicit about polygraph tests that yield conclusive result既然result是不确定的，以result of test 做依据就更不对啦，就更更谈不上什么mistaken，但也不能完全不考虑。OG解释：Since the passage is consistent with both E and its denial, E is not supported.这正是作者要反驳的观点；而E的说话无论取非与否和passage都是一致的。some refused，也就是some accepted了呀。偶觉得这个题目很有代表意义，题干中干扰因素很多，你搞不清到底什么是原文的主题；而解决该类题在于如何正确的把握原文的逻辑思路；偶发现很多rc中的难题正是难在这里，一段文章或是几句话极具迷惑性。

 

maggiecookies

Q7:

Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies—less than those

B. movies—fewer than have been

C. movies, which is less than those

D. movies, a number lower than the people

E. movies, fewer than the ones

这题我选B, 虽然有的人说E, 但我觉得还是B 好

NN请指教哦

maggiecookies

 

  真郁闷啊!! 被GWD 快要炸毁了!

前一个星期基本停了GWD回头不停的总结OG, 前两天做了GWD-XY

今天好不容易对了GWD-XY 第五套的答案发现错得更没谱了.

GWD-XY 5: 错了20个

SC: 5, RC: 10, CR: 5

   以前GWD阅读是3个错1个, 做完总结套路把握以后, 这下可好, 感觉好了, 可是错得更多: 正确率只有25%.

CR 略有上升, 可是RC的代价太大了, 我这不是拆东墙补西墙吗? 感觉700还离我好远,本来昨天想报名的, 可是就凭我这水平去了也是白搭.

super_pig

以下是引用maggiecookies在2006-5-31 14:48:00的发言：

 

  真郁闷啊!! 被GWD 快要炸毁了!

前一个星期基本停了GWD回头不停的总结OG, 前两天做了GWD-XY

今天好不容易对了GWD-XY 第五套的答案发现错得更没谱了.

GWD-XY 5: 错了20个

SC: 5, RC: 10, CR: 5

   以前GWD阅读是3个错1个, 做完总结套路把握以后, 这下可好, 感觉好了, 可是错得更多: 正确率只有25%.

CR 略有上升, 可是RC的代价太大了, 我这不是拆东墙补西墙吗? 感觉700还离我好远,本来昨天想报名的, 可是就凭我这水平去了也是白搭.

mm，不要灰心，调整反复是成功的必经之路~

RC,你做总结套路是对的，对文章的结构把握有好处。那么，为什么nn都这么强调结构呢，我自己的理解是：1）把握了行文套路，对文章的理解有帮助。作者否定什么，肯定什么，用什么论据支持。也知道什么地方重要，什么地方可以略读了。2）对出题有了敏感性，比如强转折的地方容易出题。3）方便定位。

现在你的rc正确率反而下降了。我觉得原因可能有几个1）读的时候没有active-reading。如果让你读完以后分析文章套路，你一定觉得很简单吧，很有条理吧。但是现在要训练自己读的时候就跟上去积极思考，考试的时候不回读可以节省更多时间在定位上，而且不回读是完全可以做到的。2）没有回文定位。其实gmat rc的细节题都是可以原文定位的，定位了就错不了。也许你现在没有习惯这一点。

复习不存在拆了什么补什么的情况，只要花时间就都是在积累。

你可以等rc的情况稳定了再去报名。要相信自己，只要坚持也许明天就可以突破，就算明天不行，后天一定就是突破天。等你最后突破的时候，你会觉得豁然开朗，原来，所谓的gmat的感觉就是这样~~

希望你早日找到那样的感觉，相信自己，幸福就在拐角~

stellaleigh

楼上MM说得真好。顶一个！

补充一点，NN们提供的方法记住是指导性的，要灵活运用在文章当中，不要为了一些形式的东西削弱我们做题的最终目标:正确率！

备考的过程通常一波三折，要稳定自己的情绪，找出薄弱环节，集中突破。

加油！