新PREP2-168 米有问过滴

ConnieC

168.    (29192-!-item-!-188;#058&003526)    (GWD-18-Q18)

The first shots of the American Revolution, fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world, but news of these shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days to reach Charleston, South Carolina.
A. shots, which were sent by swift messenger, took four days in reaching New York City as well as another additional eleven days

B. shots that was sent by swift messenger took four days in order to reach New York City, and also another eleven days

C. shots that were sent by swift messenger took four days to reach New York City and another eleven days

D. shots took four days by swift messenger in order to reach New York City and another eleven days in addition

E. shots took four days by swift messenger to reach New York City and another eleven days

本人选滴是C但是答案是E，不知道是不是因为C用了被动语态，而且比较啰嗦？？

望高人指教，顺便也把每个选项分析一下吧，造福后人~

kking

A. which指代news，不可数，应用was.此外 another 与 additional 重复。
B. in order 应删去。此外comma和also也是没有必要
C. 同样were错
D. in order 错，another ..addition 重复。

欢迎指正

花子落落

我觉得ms一般修饰名词的定语从句会用which，修饰句子则用that，所以直接排除B、C

ConnieC

我觉得ms一般修饰名词的定语从句会用which，修饰句子则用that，所以直接排除B、C

-- by 会员 花子落落 (2010/8/7 0:43:53)

我没有听说过在GMAT中还有修饰指代句子的定语从句

花子落落

或者是用that指代前面句子~~~不一定是说什么定从~

铁铁

我也选C的 但是语法笔记里说 C的主谓一致有问题，应该用was 而不是were。。。。我彻底迷茫了

LZ明白了的话 知会一声啊

ConnieC

我也选C的 但是语法笔记里说 C的主谓一致有问题，应该用was 而不是were。。。。我彻底迷茫了

LZ明白了的话 知会一声啊

-- by 会员 铁铁 (2010/8/13 17:44:53)

好像是因为that从句时修饰news的，所以系动词用单数is.但是说老实话，我到现在都还没有搞清楚定语从句的修饰问题。
特别是这种of一层套一层的，到底是就近修饰最近的那个词，还是修饰最前面的那个总领词~不晓得铁铁TX知不知道？知道的话告诉我哦~~

wangxiwei

这个很好懂得 是什么被sent  很显然不是 shoots  那么就是news了  news不可数 用was
其实 GMAT考试中 有很多题目都是考察  我们是否知道 根据 单复数 判断 "跳跃修饰"的问题

Arsenfan

"限定性与非限定性实质是：有该修饰时，修饰对象的外延是否有变化，如果变小了就是限定性，如果没变就是非限定性。"   这是前辈们的总结。对此有3个疑问：1、这也就意味着WHICH比that的跳跃能力强，在此题中可以更好地指代到逻辑上合理的先行词news上面？ 2、C选项如果将WERE改为WAS是否在语法上就没有错误？ 即THAT可以跳跃指代到逻辑上合理的NEWS吗？  3、我做题时错把E中的TOOK。。。看成了分词修饰前面的NEWS,由此产生了一个疑问，就是，只要逻辑上合理分词是否也可跳跃修饰？并且跳跃能力与WHICH比如何？