GWD1-Q2的答案可以定性为E了嘛

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GWD1-Q2:

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

 

A.      their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

B.       from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

C.      to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

D.      in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

E.       to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

我选的是E，理由和讨论的一样，就是WHICH的指代对象是符合逻辑的，B指代国家貌似不合逻辑

有人在new york times上找到了原文，看了原文，支持下B。这道题目的关键可能在于用所有格还是介词短语。

以下是引用wanjun在2007-9-24 9:20:00的发言：

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找到在 New York Times 上的句子了:
By merging its Bantam Doubleday Dell division with Advance Publications' Random House, Bertelsmann will increase to 10 percent from nearly 6 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the United States, which ranges from Bibles to mass-market paperbacks.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E2DA1038F937A15750C0A96E958260&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FPeople%2FM%2FMiddelhoff%2C%20Thomas

GWD1-Q2的答案可以定性为E了嘛

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-9-4 16:51:25编辑过]

Zeldaw

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

 

1. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

2. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

3. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

4. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

5. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

我觉得还是有争议，原来B的弱点在于which指代country的歧义，但NYtimes的这段话使得B没有弱点

 对于E来说，to 10 percent from 6 percent 有争议，现在看来也是正确的。

然后B的in the country好过th country's....个人觉得这段原文支持B...

 

BTW：以前我是支持E的，所以，假装我没看过这个原文..

 

lijiaxuan810823

我觉得还是b好，因为如果你怕which指代country，那market呢？同样也可能产生歧义

zxiaohao

以下是引用lijiaxuan810823在2008-9-4 17:44:00的发言：
我觉得还是b好，因为如果你怕which指代country，那market呢？同样也可能产生歧义

which就是指代 market，E不存在歧义

nerakuhs

以下是引用Zeldaw在2008-9-4 16:56:00的发言：

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

1. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

2. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

3. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

4. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

5. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

我觉得还是有争议，原来B的弱点在于which指代country的歧义，但NYtimes的这段话使得B没有弱点

 对于E来说，to 10 percent from 6 percent 有争议，现在看来也是正确的。

 对于E来说，to 10 percent from 6 percent 有争议，现在看来也是正确的。

然后B的in the country好过th country's....个人觉得这段原文支持B...

然后B的in the country好过th country's....个人觉得这段原文支持B...

 

BTW：以前我是支持E的，所以，假装我没看过这个原文..

BTW：以前我是支持E的，所以，假装我没看过这个原文..

 

我也觉得原文支持B啊，which修饰 US

AlienX

umm....有原文不一定是對...
這一題巳經被GMAC放到GMATPrep的software裏....GMATPrep的答案是E

ArronPeirsol

烦请楼上解释一下

如果which修饰us，那么后面指的是什么意思呢？

一个国家range from......?

hytulip

which 肯定是指代market的。textbook和paperback是图书的分类，不可能是国家的分类。

并且在我印象中，GMAT的语法非常严谨，修饰词或短语以与其最接近的为被修饰对象。而在RC的阅读文章中却没有这种要求。

所以我认为不能以NewYorkTimes上的原文作为答案依据。GMAC是有自己的原则的。

综上，我觉得这道题的best answer应该是E，不是B。

请多指教。

xxxyyyzzz1

我弱弱地说一句
在平时生活中，which不是可以指代前面一句话么
也学NYTIMES的作者在写文章的时候根本不是我们坐语法题这么扣，就跟我们平时说中文，经常会说“大家基本上都到了”，其实严格来讲“基本”和“都”不是矛盾了吗？

支持E，B的which有触犯GMAT山寨规矩的嫌疑

hytulip

这个“山寨规矩”出自白勇语法。

BTW，CD22上此题的答案是E。