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maomm

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More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

 

(A) More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

(B) With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.

(C) Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.

(D) While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

(E) More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

BCDE都改变了句义,那A结构到底是什么呀? 是不是more than 300 rivers drain into S为主语, which holds, 非限从, more than 是谓语?那也缺个BE动词吧? 实在不解,求助.谢谢

 

jessicacao

Is the answer A or D?

seastone

以下是引用maomm在2007-6-28 0:18:00的发言：

33.          (26233-!-item-!-188;#058&002541)

More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, (20 percent of the world's fresh water is ) more than(  fresh water  ) all the North American Great Lakes combined.

省略

(A) More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

(B) With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.

(C) Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.

(D) While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

(E) More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

BCDE都改变了句义,那A结构到底是什么呀? 是不是more than 300 rivers drain into S为主语, which holds, 非限从, more than 是谓语?那也缺个BE动词吧? 实在不解,求助.谢谢

maomm

选A.

那这种省略句型,考场上一紧张准答不上来.请问有好的办法判断吗?只能排除法?谢谢

seastone

我没有较好的办法, 只能用排除!

ktj

个人感觉:  排除是所有题型的最基本方法!因为OG里说了,考生一定要看完所有选项!也就是说,你碰到了觉得对的,但不看其他的,怎么知道不比这个答案更好呢?

此题也是这样:

(B) With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it. (G里从来没有","后面跟that的;很显然which才行) 

(C) Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent. (前面已经有了SLB主语,it明显多余,后边不用看了)

(D) While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. (than后没有比较词those)

(E) More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water. (从来没见过这种复杂没结构的句子,错误太多,不说了)

songgigi

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Hi All, Following is one of the right answers of GMAT Prep question: Can someone please help me understand how the following comparison is complete. Don't we need "that of" before "all" to complete the comparison. =========================================== More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. ============================================== There are some examples in OG where it clearly say that in order to complete the comparison we need to have that/those. Can some one please tell why the same is not the case here ? ============================================= The original question is copy pasted below for quick reference. The OA is "A"                          More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.                          A. More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. B. With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it. C. Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent. D. While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. E. More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

We would have used the relative pronoun "that" to refer to fresh water, if we were comparing fresh water.. Here the case is that we are not comparing fresh water capacity of lake baikal with that of other north american lakes..

we are just comparing the total capacity of lake baikal.. its a special quality of lake baikal tht it holds fresh water...

Let's say the total number of litres of the world's fresh water = 100
then Lake baikals capacity out of hundred = 20
Let's say that total capacity of north american lakes = 18

Now all we are saying is that "More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 litres of fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

and so you can see that we don't need to use the relative pronoun..

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yeah, ok, i see what you're saying. that's a very good question.

here's what's going on here:
"more than all the North American Great Lakes combined" is actually a MODIFIER of "20% of the world's fresh water", which is WITHIN the first MODIFIER. therefore, it's a SUB-modifier, so to speak.

let me try to illustrate it graphically:

More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal(, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water(, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined)).

the blue modifier modifies stuff that's inside the orange modifier, so it falls within the orbit of the orange modifier; it MUST be removed if the orange modifier is removed (because it has nothing left to modify).

let me know whether this makes sense.

orange and blue: go gators!