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ca3ltoys

two questions from Princeton review---Verbal workout for the Gmat.

1.    Unlike smaller apartment buildings, which have fewer than four residential units in them, each room within any residential complex must be equipped with a sprinkler system.
(A)    Unlike smaller apartment buildings, which have fewer than four residential units in them
(B)    Apart from those apartments that are in buildings that contain fewer than four residential units
(C)    In contrast to smaller apartment buildings that contain fewer than four residential units
(D)    Unless the apartment building contains fewer than four residential units
(E)    Excluding those apartment buildings that have fewer than four residential units in them

2.    Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed.
(A)    as present as the weather, and as much discussed
(B)    present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much
(C)    as present and was discussed as the weather was
(D)    so present as to be discussed like the weather
(E)    present and discussed as often as the weather was

the answer to 1 is D,please tell me the difference between UNLESS and UNLIKE.
the answer to 2 is A.please tell me how to explain this sentence. Thanks

bluestone1

1、
unlike 是比较，后面无 smaller apartment buildings 的可比较对象，故 A 错
Unless 除非   将原句的意思表达的较好

2、 present 在此应为 形容词 表示  提到的，出现的

原句意思是   二者被提到和被讨论的一样频繁

  A 是省略 as present as the weathe r(was) , and ( was) as much discussed (as the weather was)
  

bluestone1

2, E 错在 只有 discussed 部分的比较，而无 形容词 present 的 比较
      另 as the weather 后的  was 应该省略而没省略， ETS 认为必错 （因为中间没有可引起误解的其他可能比较对象）

Snazzy

NO 1, u have 2 subjects,  UNLIKE can be used for 2 parallel things. but for 2 unrelated ones, u need to use UNLESS

NO 2, i  was wrong with D, but i think bluestone's is right

rabbitbug

(C) as present and was discussed as the weather was是不是错在as...as之间的部分? 正确地应该是as present and much discussed as the weather was. 请指教!

solome

第一题 A,C的比较对象不具有可比性
C/E apartment和room不是一个群体之内

ca3ltoys

exactly! veteran is veteran!