GWD-26-Q17的答案定论

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danattliu

找到了原文出处供大家参考：

Astronomers Adopt Doomsday Index

By ANAHAD S. O'CONNOR

Published: Tuesday, July 27, 1999

To help deal with public fascination -- and sometimes undue alarm -- about possible threats from asteroids, astronomers have adopted a scale that rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will collide with Earth.

lenchohu

那就是e了？

beichenxuans

以下是引用susieshen在2009/8/3 15:21:00的发言：

这个值得推敲一下，

首先，这个倒装并没有什么理由，为什么要倒装？OG经常无缘无故否定一些倒装句就是以为它们AWKWARD。

第二，怎么可以这样倒装？这个倒装本来就是错的

大家都知道how 有两种用法

1。
   used to ask or talk about the way in which something happens or is done:

e.g: He explained how the system worked.

2.used to ask or talk about the amount, size, degree etc of something:

e.g：How long have you been learning English?（以上摘自longman）

原句的how明显是第二种意思，问程度，how 后面必须要加形容词likely

如果变成所谓的“正常语序”：“how a particular asteroid or comet will be likely to collide with Earth” 这种用法把how变成了以一种意思，

所以解释说这个句子是倒装是完全错误的。

 

至于有人说 will be 和likely to 都表示可能性，语义重复

GWD26-Q28

Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will
    be  as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit
      as they are
     the current one.（正确答案）

所以will be 和likely to可以同时使用。

尽管如此   想来想去，觉得还是D好。

想这道题墨迹了我这么久，耽误老子时间啊………………

回答问题的人很多 让我佩服的人很少 你算一个

lyyjane

汗死，到底选啥啊？？？

suyu77

选D

mars_cheung

这题我目前倾向选 C

to rate 优于 for rating，而且 will be (how) likely to do 的表达也十分常用

但对 D 存有疑问

rate the likelihood 的表达是否固定搭配，也就是说 rate the likelihood 是否优于 rate how likely

因为 rate 是估计、估值的意思，计算出一个具体的比率（likelihood）语义上说是优于计算出“多大可能”

希望大家继续讨论啊

tsqqq_ny

Very difficult one. I vote for D as I don't like "will be to..." structure. Open to discussion...

Here is the explanation from Manhattan GMAT:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/responding-to-the-public-s-fascination-with-and-sometimes-t8246.html

i can see that (c) is unacceptably informal / casual, and maybe even unidiomatic, but i can only see that because i'm a seasoned writer and reader of formal english.

for those of you who are not native speakers of english - the best approach to problems such as this one is:
* note the differences in usage between the formal and informal
- e.g., "rate how likely" vs. "rate the likelihood that..."
* remember what these differences look like, so that you can make similar distinctions in the future.

gmat928

以下是引用ChrisShen在2009/4/13 22:25:00的发言：
前面有人回过，此题最大陷阱是倒装

正常语序：how a particular asteroid or comet will be likely to collide with Earth
倒装       :  how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to collide with Earth
这样B的 will be to 就解释的通了 相比较其他选项 不定式表目的是最优选项

这个值得推敲一下，
首先，这个倒装并没有什么理由，为什么要倒装？OG经常无缘无故否定一些倒装句就是以为它们AWKWARD。
第二，怎么可以这样倒装？这个倒装本来就是错的
大家都知道how 有两种用法
1。
  used to ask or talk about the way in which something happens or is done:
e.g: He explained how the system worked.
2.used to ask or talk about the amount, size, degree etc of something:
e.g：How long have you been learning English?（以上摘自longman）
原句的how明显是第二种意思，问程度，how 后面必须要加形容词likely
如果变成所谓的“正常语序”：“how a particular asteroid or comet will be likely to collide with Earth” 这种用法把how变成了以一种意思，
所以解释说这个句子是倒装是完全错误的。

至于有人说 will be 和likely to 都表示可能性，语义重复

GWD26-Q28

Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will
be as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit
as they are
the current one.（正确答案）

所以will be 和likely to可以同时使用。

尽管如此   想来想去，觉得还是D好。

想这道题墨迹了我这么久，耽误老子时间啊………………

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/8/3 16:20:07编辑过]

-- by 会员 susieshen (2009/8/3 15:21:00)

同感
how a particular asteroid or comet will be likely to collide with Earth
这种表达怎么看都觉得别扭。。。

gmat928

这个题我选D

首先，C中rate的逻辑主语是astronomers，D中rate逻辑主语是scale。后者更加符合本句的逻辑意思。

另外，从C选项中我跟本不知道这个scale是干什么用的，只知道astronomers develop这个动作的目的(in order to)是rate sth.。可以这样理解，scale这个重要的名词在C选项中被废掉了。
而D选项清楚地表达了这个scale的功能，即a scale that can rate the likelihood。且D中没有用法错误。

To do修饰动词，逻辑主语是to do所修饰动作的发出者
For doing修饰名词，逻辑主语是for doing所修饰的名词
在没有确定句子本意判断逻辑主语的前提下，不能简单说谁优于谁。

类比例子：GWD-18-Q19
New genetic evidence—together with recent studies of elephants’ skeletons, tusks, and other anatomical features—provide compelling support for classifying Africa’s forest elephants and its savanna elephants as separate species.

A.    provide compelling support for classifying
B.    provide compelling support for the classification of
C.    provides compelling support to the classification of
D.    provides compelling support for classifying
E.    provides compelling support to classify

大家还记得这道题吗？正确答案是D，这里同样没有用to do，因为evidence作classify的逻辑主语不合适，其逻辑主语应该是compelling support，所以C比D好。

所以，以后遇到A develop/provide B 后面接to do还是for doing，判断依据就是do/doing的逻辑主语到底应该是谁。如果应是动作发出者A则用to do；如果是名词B则用for doing。