又一个语法考点的总结（现在分词伴随状语的正反向考法）

夜凉如水

thank you so much~

nirvana6666

看了这么好的帖子而不留名太没人性了，赞一下前辈们！

AlienX

last example is from OG11(yellow)
and the answer LZ offered is different from OG....
XDF...sigh...

zhaxi8313

    

104.
            Nuclear
fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars, and hydrogen bombs, merging
the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors.

    

(A) merging the nuclei of atoms and not
splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors

    

(B) merging the nuclei of atoms instead
of splitting them apart, like nuclear reactors

    

(C) merging the nuclei of atoms rather
than splitting them apart, as nuclear reactors do

    

(D) and merges the nuclei of atoms but
does not split them apart, as is done in nuclear reactors

    

(E) and merges the nuclei of atoms,
unlike atomic reactors that split them apart

    

Idiom + Logical predication

    

And not is
an awkward way to establish a contrast; instead of rather than, or unlike
are more appropriate idioms to express a contrast.

    

The comma following bombs is paired
with the comma following apart, and this comma pair sets off the
participial phrase introduced by merging.

    

As introduces
a clause; since a clause requires a subject and a verb, as cannot be
followed by the prepositional phrase in nuclear reactors.

    

A     And
not is not a correct idiom; as should be followed by a clause

    

B     Although
like can grammatically be followed by a noun phrase such as nuclear
reactors, here the basis of comparison is unclear, and the usage is
incorrect

    

C     Correct. Rather than is a
correct idiom for comparison in this sentence; as is followed by a
clause with a subject, nuclear reactors, and a verb, do; the
comparison is clear and complete.

    

D     Illogical
and awkward construction attempts to make merges the second verb of the
restrictive clause parallel to powers and does not split-, punctuation
makes clear this separate action cannot be the case; as is done is
awkward and wordy

    

E      Illogical
and awkward construction incorrectly makes merges the second verb of the
restrictive clause and a separate action parallel to powers; comparison
is awkwardly drawn; switch from nuclear to atomic is unexplained and
unsupported

    

The correct answer is C.

这道题前面引用的是说答案是D或者E,但是这里OG11里面是C啊. 我感觉不出D,E的错误在哪里

sausau

班主应该把这道题的第一个帖子编辑一下了。这样会误导人的。

iser

最后那个例子没选好，不过基本思路绝对正确。瑕不掩瑜。

楼主这种总结的方法和思路更是值得学习总结

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-10-22 20:54:11编辑过]

LFGT

絕對是選C,大家不覺得DE讀著感覺沒C好嗎？XDF說GMAT是考能力，在一定程度上是，twhit all due respect,但我覺得它始終是一個英語測試，英語真的“好”，一定考的不差，身邊這樣的例子太多了。多看看TIME，跟著語感走，語法都沒錯，關鍵是語感，關鍵是native speaker會怎麽寫，這才是重點。

LFGT

真要說錯的話DE也有：D中不是由一個is done，按XDF的邏輯，被動不是應該絕對避免的嗎？E中，unlike表示比較，誰和誰比呢？沒問題嗎？

crazyyeah

方式状语那个解释说得好，一下就让我明白了这种用法。那么这题的话merge那个状语改成同位语放在句首修饰就没错了吧。

其实这题考点只是一个句子歧义问题，只有E没有歧义。

bob95

11OG yellow chose C.

D: Illogical and awkward construction attempts to make merges the second verb of the restrictive clause parallel to powers and does not split.
As is done is awkward and wordy
E: comparison is awkwardly drawn, switch from nuclear to atomic is unexplained and unsupported.