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singdeath

以下是引用岳如初在2008-10-23 22:34:00的发言：

有疑问。PREP语法笔记中说，GMAT考试不区分compared to和 compared with

同意，我也记得。而且前面也有人引用过OG的话了，compare to可以表示比较。所以这个不是大问题。

B错在for which的修饰对象上。逻辑上应修饰education，但语法上完全可以修饰词组the cost of higher
education的中心词cost。存在歧义。而且pay foreducation就好了，pay for the cost of education就redundant了。

C错在previously是副词，不能修饰名词dollars，如果改为compared to $7 per year required previously就好了

D就是把我上面改C那句，compared to换成了instead of。虽然很多题目中instead of 是错误的选项，但SC没有绝对。况且这里instead of 没有什么错误啊。

        

E错在
            previously for the cost of higher education应该是$330 a year 和 $7 per year 公用的，而不只是修饰$7per year的。而且contribute for搭配错误。这里如果for前面年加上逗号，则逻辑上就对了，但是for还是错。

        
    

daisyao

ls说的很清楚~恍然大悟~！！

mizhang9

同问 upup

jupiter410

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mars_cheung

以下是引用allenhzkk在2008/2/19 2:48:00的发言：

看OG11的101题的解释：（在OG里用关键词搜compare，可以找到很多）

101．Unlike the United States，where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long, the
rains in most parts of Sri Lanka are concentrated in the monsoon months，June to September, and
the skies are generally clear for the rest of the year.
(A) Unlike the United States，where farmers can usually depend 0n rain or snow all year
long，the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(B) Unlike the United States farmers who can usually depend on rain or snow all year
long．the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(C) Unlike those of the United States，where farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all
year long，most parts of Sri Lanka's rains
(D) In comparison with the United States，whose farmers can usually depend on rain or
snow all year long，the rains in most parts of Sri Lanka
(E) In the United States，farmers can usually depend on rain or snow all year long，but in
most parts of Sri Lanka the rains
Logical predication
The intent of the sentence is to compare seasonal rainfall patterns in the United States and Sri
Lanka．There are many ways to set up such comparisons：unlike x, y；in comparison with x, y：
compared to x, y, and so on．The x and y being compared must be grammatically and logically
parallel．An alternative way of stating the comparison is the use of two independent clauses
connected by but．The original sentence compares the United States to rains in most parts of Sri
Lanka；this illogical comparison cannot convey the writer's intention．

可以清楚看到compare to是比较的意思，而不是比喻。

本题选C

D的instead of也是错误的标志啊，

即便 compare to 和 compare with 可以通用，也不能选 C。见上面绿色标示部分，要求比较对象平行一致，这里我觉得主语 student 和 cost 不平行。

B 定语从句 for which was previously paid $7 per year. 结构不完整。for which 在从句中是状语，was paid 缺少对象。试比较 for which they paid $7

因此 D 正确

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/10/27 19:38:56编辑过]

gmat928

这是道棘手的题，考点非常分散
我错选了C，看完讨论确定答案为D

A中paying不对，这个大家没有什么争议。

争议从B开始，但B中for which的which后面引出定语从句中缺少主语，如果改为for which $7 was previously paid per year才可以考虑。

下面是几个for which 的例句供参考
Like the thorny ballooning of a frightened pufferfish or the sudden appearance of angry sapphire hoops for which the blue-ringed octopus is named, the California newt's display of its red underbelly is a clear warning that predators ignore at their peril.

As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missins far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years. (E-P65-24)

During the recession of 1973, home mortgage foreclosures resulted in tens of thousands of Americans being evicted from homes for which they could no longer afford monthly payments.

C读上去很顺，但previously $7，副词直接加名词，确实说不过去。

当初排除D是因为“, instead of”这种用法没见过，后来找到了几个例句说明这种用法没有问题。

With Massa’s departure, House Democrats need 216 votes, instead of 217, to pass health care legislation.

Cuomo, who is widely expected to run for governor this year, has called for putting the pension fund under the control of a board of trustees, instead of the comptroller.

''This 'restoration' has been done in a very unprofessional way,'' Schweizer said in an e-mail message sent to the AP. ''Too many stones had been changed, instead of restoring.

E中的contribute for用在这里不合适。
大家对比一下contribute money toward sth. 和contribute money for sth.的区别就知道了。
前者的意思是“contribute money 给（toward） sth.”，而后者的意思是“为了（for） sth. 而contribute money”
题目本意应该用contribute money toward sth.