GWD30-39(大家都来看看吧,这道题6月考到了) - 找到原文了

香香茶

我刚才又仔细看了看，有了点新想法。

首先，句子的主语必须是in addition to being的逻辑主语，能够成为adminstrators的只可能是the Shang而非culture。这里的the Shang我把它理解为商朝的人，而非商朝本身。从逻辑上来看，文化（或文明）不能是中国第一代统治者，只有人才是，所以确定了主句的主语。

其次，既然主语是人了，那么单复数就好定了。你也许会说人怎么可能成为文化呢，这一点让OG来证明：

17.   Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.

(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people

(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking

(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking

(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking（A）

(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture

Choice A is best because it correctly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were, and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of were with the past perfect had been needlessly changes the original meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word people redundantly describes the residents rather than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which.
            

Hope it helps

gonghao

我觉得前面的administrators，the Shang似乎是有点矛盾

但是没划线，只能当是复数

但是后面是文化，又显的没法判断

我个人感觉单数就是朝代，复数就是商朝人

问题在于“商朝是文化”还是“商朝人是文化”？

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-6-6 13:19:53编辑过]

gonghao

商朝人最多是部分的文化

我感觉还是应该是商朝是文化

人是文化，那宠物就不是文化了？

房子不是文化？建筑不是文化？鸟语花香，谈情说爱不是文化？？？

马尔代夫

以下是引用香香茶在2006-6-6 13:02:00的发言：

我刚才又仔细看了看，有了点新想法。

首先，句子的主语必须是in addition to being的逻辑主语，能够成为adminstrators的只可能是the Shang而非culture。这里的the Shang我把它理解为商朝的人，而非商朝本身。从逻辑上来看，文化（或文明）不能是中国第一代统治者，只有人才是，所以确定了主句的主语。

其次，既然主语是人了，那么单复数就好定了。你也许会说人怎么可能成为文化呢，这一点让OG来证明：

17.   Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.

(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people

(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking

(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking

(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking（A）

(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture

Choice A is best because it correctly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were, and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of were with the past perfect had been needlessly changes the original meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word people redundantly describes the residents rather than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which.
   

Hope it helps

OG这个题人前面有个of,根据核心词就可以判断(the residents of Maine ), GWD这个题没有of,是不是起一样的作用呢

jackiexucd

上面的几位大牛，我还是有点不太理解，为什么 the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of 中，为什么一会儿用WERE，一会儿用ARE

如果说前面的were是因为Shang曾经是East Asia的first literate，那后面为什么要用are呢，它也曾经是crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels啊

如果不看正确答案，大家到底是如何判断，它作为crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels到底是现在仍然be well known还是现在已经不be well known了呢

司香尉

In addition to being China’s first administrators, in the sense that they developed a coherent bureaucracy for their empire, the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting ornate bronze ritual vessels.

 

1. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting

2. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of

3. the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting

4. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of

5. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and well known for its crafted

我这样做这道题目，先判断逻辑主语，应该是商朝人而不是文化，排除AB，再看CDE，两个its太扎眼，就选了D

sendme

以下是引用马尔代夫在2006-6-6 12:33:00的发言：

In addition to being China’s first administrators,...., the Shang were

主语是the Shang, 朝代是单复数同形吗? 这是一种特别用法还是语法点?The Shang的单复数为什么由administrators?

in my opinion,

the sentense construction is " In addition to being China’s first administrators,...., the Shang were..",
            

so the Shang = 统治者men, so use plural verb.

the two different verb tense inidicate of  the different situation and time..--present and past

in A, the only problem is " 商朝人是文化" , but it's not big deal.

others have more problems..

so A is best

hawkinsxie

要不是中国人，你这题不会做错。

GMAT大忌：把专业知识带入考试

hwhhs

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jandjshi

找到原文了. The Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known for crafting ornate bronze ritual vessels. They were also China's first administrators, developing a coherent bureaucracy for their empire, and were able to marshall the human labor required to build rammed earth walls such as those found at the Huanbei Shang City.

http://www.archaeology.org/0005/newsbriefs/shang.html

The Shang明显指人. 个人觉得这题出得不严紧, 但中了GMAT宗旨 - POE (process of elimination)