不可不看得真题5道。

LTZgodwin

GWD-1-16

1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election.

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

3: Since February, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?) 5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C.  WHY?

4: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light.

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

wangdaya

4 D

6 D

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-4-19 15:56:08编辑过]

jnlvo

第4题我选B，第1题就给出的两个里选，我选B，希望这题能看到其它选项。

snow_mountain

以下是引用LTZgodwin在2004-3-28 10:27:00的发言：

1: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was any previous election. fficeffice" />

B: a greater proportion than any previous election

The correct answer offered is B.

    A 感觉不对。不是主语比较，因此was 无从谈起，而且前面也没有任何词替代。但感觉B也很怪。如果我写这个句子，可能会写成 a greater proportion than that (/the proporotion)    in any previous election.

2: A certain regulation has done something but has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn a vast proportion of forests …

E: logging, removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning a vast proportion of forests …

The correct answer offered is A, but why the alternative answer E is not right?

    分词修饰不好。表示恒定的状态或正在进行的状态。语感不如用从句修饰。就你提供的两个选择而言，A好。

3: Since February, a shit organization has raised interest rate targeted (or targeting?) 5 times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, the analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in December.

C: because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

The correct answer offered is C.     WHY?

    不知道。continues strength 感觉很怪。

4: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light.

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

    我选B。 从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

5: While the rate of mainstream American business failing is more than half, the failure rate for business in a certain country hovers around 5%.

C: while more than half of mainstream American business fails

The correct answer offered is C.

    

反正A不对。rate 不能用more than 修饰，OG上明确有说。

    

6: In 1994, a total of 4000 cars and trucks were produced in the ffice:smarttags" />US, but in 1998 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

D: That number of trucks alone

E: The number of trucks by themselves

Which one is the better?

    两个答案我倾向D。

    

下次最好把答案贴全，好吗？

mariezhu

感觉和bryonyGG 完全一样，第一题我也觉得in不可或缺，怎么回事？楼主能不能把题目贴全？第3题的continues strength也确实是怪模怪样的。


另外众位GG看过来，如果这个帖子给的第3题答案C确实正确，那么predict后跟that是可以的？because the economy continues strength, the analysts predicted for weeks that the target would...fficeffice" />

jnlvo

那么predict后跟that是可以的？


当然。不过第3题的时态感觉也不好。 predicted for weeks 这里突然用过去时，不舒服。

SinoBoy

这哥们也太自私了一点，请大家免费给他对答案。

LTZgodwin

不是我自私，而是这些题意很不容易搞出来，无避免被人发现，我只好尽量简单的超了， 见谅！fficeffice" />

weiyu

以下是引用bryony在2004-3-28 12:27:00的发言：
: The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, which include reminders to watch something, compare something-2, and view the watermark while holding the check to the light. fficeffice" />

B: by including reminders for watching something, comparing something-2, and viewing

D: including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view

Which one is better? B? or D? The big cow who prefer the alternative choice B argues that the “by including” modifies the verb “help”.

    我选B。 从平行角度，D不平行。by including 感觉可以接受。

我觉得..to do A, do B, and do C; to do A, to do B, and to do C都是平行的; by including好像不太好;

snow_mountain

以下是引用weiyu在2004-3-28 21:13:00的发言：

我觉得..to do A, do B, and do C; to do A, to do B, and to do C都是平行的; by including好像不太好;

weiyu 说得对。是我看错了。之前把compare 看成跟including 平行了。一直就没完全读懂这个句子。现在看明白了。


The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions that the company hopes will help merchants confirm a check’s authenticity, including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view .....


including 不是修饰什么help的。而是instructions.    


The principle feature of the redesigned checks is a series of printed instructions, including reminders to watch something, compare something2, and view .....


这样是不是读起来比较顺？