GWD14-2， 14-7谢谢好心牛人指教

Austen1985

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.

 

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

B E 之争，答案是B，但是E什么地方错啦？

Q7:

A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.

 

1. that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times
2. that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times
3. that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
4. CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
5. CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times

迷惑BC之间，请指教

Austen1985

Q2 中E share of the country's 是双重所有格，在GMAT中是错误选项

Q7 中C as compared to 42 times their pay, their 表达不清楚， 是CEO'S 呢，还是blue collar workers 呢

alohabrian

Q2, I go with E.
在我做到过的gmat题目里，which只有在两种情况下，被允许跳跃指代。1. ...A of
B+C+D,的结构里修饰A 。 2. which 结构后的谓语部分 与其前面的先行词 存在 语法上的主谓不一致。比如 现行词是markets,
which后的谓语用ranges而不用range。

这道题目里以上两种情况都不符。 我认为ETS会用其惯用思路-non-relative clause-修饰就近 名词-来排除B: 从形式上看which ranges 修饰了country.所以不对。

E的话，每个修饰部分都紧贴其修饰对象，符合GMAT思路。


另外，这里的country's是用来修饰markets的。是形容性所有格。不存在重复一说。和你说的一两码事。

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alohabrian

Q7 i go with C

这个题到目前的讨论中还没有很好的答案。

但是，有几个问题我想澄清一下。

    

首先，我认为their没有修饰上的歧义。

gmat判断歧义的两大原则，就近原则和逻辑原则都明确把their指向workers.

    

    第二，a ratio that compares to 42 times， 尤其是compares to 42 times这个结构到底是不是idiomatic construction没有定论。

                

LZ有兴趣可以看Mahattan Gmat上对于这个题的讨论。

                

            C中 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers和
                42 times their pay这两个结构非常平行。都是preposition+noun的结构。符合gmat习惯。顺便说一下， times不是动词，不是形容词，而是前置词。参考朗文在线。

    

B即使对，也没有那么平衡。


所以我个人选C。

alohabrian

还有叫楼主MM一个办法。有什么confusing的题目，之间把原题发到google上找。去搜testforum和mgmat上老美对于题目的讨论，要比在这里问有效率。