斑斑请进，讨论了3年没定论的问题GWD26-17

hbsonlylove

GWD26-Q17 Responding to the public’s fascination with-and sometimes undue alarm over-possible threats from asteroids, a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may collide with Earth.

A. a scale developed by astronomers rates the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet may

B. a scale that astronomers have developed rates how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to

C. astronomers have developed a scale to rate how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to

D. astronomers have developed a scale for rating the likelihood that a particular asteroid or comet will

E. astronomers have developed a scale that rates the likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet that may

New York Times 原句是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.

答案是C。但C, D纠葛了3年多了，讨论链接见下，有8页。主要说C好的是说likely前置，D说scale for rating的说法是可以的。to rate的话是跟develop相关，developed sth to perform some function，但for rating也可以直接修饰scale，起that从句的作用，如：Dr. Tetsuya Fujita, a meteorologist who devised the standard scale for rating the severity of tornadoes and discovered the role of sudden violent down-bursts of air that sometimes cause airplanes to crash, died on Thursday at his home in Chicago。这是New York Times的另一句话。

我觉得D更合适，因为即使要前置likely，也应该用B选项的后半部分，即how likely it is for a particular asteroid or comet to collide with the Earth, 而不是how likely a particular asteroid or comet will be to。即使是正常语序，也不太可能说A particular asteroid or comet will be likely to collide with the Earth. 而是A particular asteroid or comet is likely to collide with the Earth. 既然是likely，is likely to就肯定表示将来的可能性了，再加will似乎有有点画蛇添足。

但是我看了几个大规模讨论的链接，似乎80%的xdjm还是同意C的，所以我想麻烦斑斑看一下，也可能是我的语感不准。多多多谢！

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foreverlei

请教E为何错？ likelihood后面接of也是见过的啊

hbsonlylove

E讲的是likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet. So it does not make sense.

foreverlei

thx!

TheAssembly

以下是引用hbsonlylove在2009/10/18 16:57:00的发言：
E讲的是likelihood of a particular asteroid or comet. So it does not make sense.

应该是LIKELIHOOD和MAY意思重复。从其他选项可以感觉出来这个错误，我觉得这样想更直接，效率更高。

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/10/18 23:15:09编辑过]

aeoluseros

1.umm...be likely to有点近在眼前的味道，will be likely to表达了离现在更远的距离，这样的表达未尝不可.
2.NY Times的原文：
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.
动词用adopt的话，毫无疑问用定从、介短、分词短语更好，表明一个事物特征，没有事物趋向性(目的性)
develop与不定式表达了事物的动作趋向(目的性)。
所以还是用to do更好.但这不能成为第一判断原则。

综上，没有排除D的绝对理由...但是更喜欢C...

hbsonlylove

谢谢aeoluseros.你讲的挺有道理。揣摩出题人的意思，应该总不见得为了考个琐碎的scale for的用法。不是说gmat原题应该有明确不二的选择，怎么会这么模菱两可。。。

aeoluseros

找到一个选C的佐证...
capability (of sth.）to do/of doing都是有的（见OXford Advanced）
但是have capability to (have要和to搭配) ，因为也是“趋向”原因。
所以develop要与不定式。

言熙樾

aeoluseros 发表于 2009-11-9 23:15
找到一个选C的佐证...capability (of sth.）to do/of doing都是有的（见OXford Advanced）但是have capabil ...

GMAT prep 遇到了。。答案是D T T