请教两道prep的语法题

waterer

88. Shrinking faster than any other nation’s, the projected decline of Japan’s population is 17 percent during the next half century.

A. Shrinking faster than any other nation’s, the projected decline of Japan’s population is

B. Shrinking faster than any other nation, Japan’s population has a projected decline of

C. The population of Japan is shrinking faster than that of any other nation and is projected to decline by

D. The Japanese population is shrinking faster than any other nation, and it has a projected decline at

E. Japan’s population is shrinking faster than that of any other nation, with a projected decline at

 请问选项E错误在哪里？

44. The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that present as little risk as one in a million chances to cause cancer.

A. as little risk as one in a million chances to cause

B. as little risk as one chance in a million of causing

C. as little risk as one chance in a million that it will cause

D. a risk as little as one chance in a million for causing

E. a risk as little as one chance in a million for it to caus

mbz

88) E is wrong b/c "a decline at" should be "a decline of"

44) what is your question?

waterer

44,my question is which is the answer and why the others are wrong

mbz

The answer should be B.

A.  risk can not  cause

C.  that (no clear referent),  it (no needed)

D.  risk for causing

E. a risk  for it to caus

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-1-7 14:47:33编辑过]

waterer

oh, I got it.

to cause, of causing, that it will cause等其实都是直接修饰risk的。

right？

3xs

gmatgmat

我怎么觉得88是c 44是b？

楼主正确答案到底是什么？

waterer

以下是引用gmatgmat在2007-1-8 6:47:00的发言：

我怎么觉得88是c 44是b？

楼主正确答案到底是什么？

You got the right answers

kitebird

请问88题就是at、of的区别吗？

这里用with有没有歧义？不知道是修饰japan or other nation?

kaross

以下是引用kitebird在2007-4-11 13:43:00的发言：

请问88题就是at、of的区别吗？

这里用with有没有歧义？不知道是修饰japan or other nation?

同问，是不是应该放在句首比较好？属不属于独立主格阿？

YY_lalala

以下是引用kaross在2007-4-14 11:37:00的发言：

同问，是不是应该放在句首比较好？属不属于独立主格阿？

这里不是独立主格。

独立主格结构可置于句首、句尾，用逗号与主句隔开。独立主格结构可分为两部分，一部分是名词或代词（主格），起着逻辑主语的作用；另一部分由形容词、副词、名词、分词、不定式、介词短语等构成，表示前面名词或代词的状态、状况或动作。

比如：He used to sleep, with the door open. 他过去常开着门睡觉。（形容词）
With a boy leading the way，they started towards the village. （现在分词）

这个句子就是with a decline, 显然不是上述的独立主格结构

另外，GMAT不考独立主格