真題12&14

wizwiz

这个是ManhattanGMAT Staff的解释。。。
hi -

normally you're supposed to, at a minimum, ask some sort of question about the problem. you're not supposed to just post it with no commentary, as if it had accidentally fallen out of a grocery bag.

this problem is a pure test of word choice / idiomatic expression. that's a situation that i don't see often on official problems; it's almost as though the gmat is taking cheap potshots at the (great many) non-native speakers of english who take the test.

* "specially", which means "in a special way", is incorrect here. (example of correct use: "the specially crafted exclusive edition of this car costs more than the standard edition") you want "especially", which means "in particular" or "more so than all the others". therefore D and E are gone.

* "capability of ____ing" and "capability in ____ing" are unidiomatic, so B and C are gone.

those two are enough, but note also:
* "because of ____ing", where ____ing is a verb participle, is unidiomatic, so B and E are gone.
NOTE: be careful with this elimination. if ____ing is an adjective, not a participle, then "because of ____ing NOUN" is a perfectly acceptable structure, as in "because of diminishing returns, i don't get as much interest from my bank account anymore".

Spencer125

a 为何不对，不是说‘s 是形容人的吗？ 我当然看见's 才排除了A呀！求指点？？？？

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Spencer125 发表于 2013-5-2 19:28
a 为何不对，不是说‘s 是形容人的吗？ 我当然看见's 才排除了A呀！求指点？？？？ ...

我也是这么直接排除的A.........