最新的5道语法题求助,比gwd还新的题目噢。

pumpkin

personal feeling:

11. Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh.
(A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
(B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with
(C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as
(D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with
(E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as

D, E 上来就排除了

DUE TO不加句子

whereas意思有区别

A, B, C－－B排除  the same with 不对

A, C share the same--- redundant

pumpkin

13. In spite of continuing national trends toward increased consumption of specialty foods, agronomists in the Midwest foresee a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples: feed corn and hard red wheat.
(A) a gradual reversion to the raising of agricultural staples
(B) that a gradual reversion back will feature the raising of agricultural staples
(C) a gradual reversion back to the raising of agricultural staples again
(D) a gradual reversion to raise agricultural staples
(E) a gradual reversion into the raising of agricultural staples

排除B, C， reversion back 重复

比较A, D， reversion 是名词，后面的 不定式 to do 不对头， 排除D

A, E，。。。只能凭借感觉乱选一个

pumpkin

14. A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm.
    
(A) whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(B) if the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm
(C) about whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(D) whether the flood was gradual or cataclysmic
(E) whether the flood was gradual or it created a cataclysm

上来排除C about后面接从句不对头

A 看起来有问题 was created  还是 created

B 排除IF－ 只作如果用，在GMAT里面

比较D, E，我选D

pumpkin

23. Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing maintenance of an effective American foreign policy despite changes in administration.
(A) in the ongoing maintenance of
(B) in the maintaining of
(C) maintain
(D) to maintain and continue
(E) the maintenance of

这个没啥好说，我一看就是选动词，其他都不make sense

RickZhen

以下是引用pumpkin在2007-3-5 1:47:00的发言：

personal feeling:

11. Marketing researchers have found that, because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as Northeasterners, the two varieties of commercially prepared coleslaw most popular in New York City and Boston are virtually ignored by consumers in Richmond and Raleigh.
(A) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as
(B) because many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage with
(C) because many residents of the Southeast do not have the same ethnic heritage as
(D) due to many residents of the Southeast not sharing the same ethnic heritage with
(E) whereas many residents of the Southeast do not share the same ethnic heritage as

D, E 上来就排除了

DUE TO不加句子

whereas意思有区别

A, B, C－－B排除  the same with 不对

A, C share the same--- redundant

share the same is very common in literatures ... 尤其是比较抽象的概念，如value, idea, 文中的heritage也是属于这类吧。my two cents...

pumpkin

以下是引用RickZhen在2007-3-5 9:55:00的发言：

share the same is very common in literatures ... 尤其是比较抽象的概念，如value, idea, 文中的heritage也是属于这类吧。my two cents...

对啊，平时我们这样说一定没事

但是GMAT里面讲究的是比较，如果有更简洁明了的，那么就排除这个。

欢迎讨论

RickZhen

嗯，那么do呢？C里可以省略吗？这里的have是做普通动词用，按照白勇的说法，是不是不能省略？（尽管google上看到很多have the same ... as 后面直接加名词的情况。）

pumpkin

以下是引用RickZhen在2007-3-5 22:43:00的发言：

嗯，那么do呢？C里可以省略吗？这里的have是做普通动词用，按照白勇的说法，是不是不能省略？（尽管google上看到很多have the same ... as 后面直接加名词的情况。）

不能单纯的考虑是否能剩率，要看题目选项的比较

基本来说，GMAT SC部分没有绝对的正确错误，必须比较选项

chunyuye

B is correct for 11... "Share xxx with" Northeasterners.. One cannot share xxx as someone

molemod

以下是引用pumpkin在2007-3-5 1:47:00的发言：

A, B, C－－B排除  the same with 不对

你可能把GMAT考试当成背公式了....
WITH这里是跟SHARE的,不跟SAME