求教GWD最新试题4第4题

Shadowx

（1）     GWD-1-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

這裡的選項很明顯的是選 X time the sth. of sth.

如果多出一個選項:

F. that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay that blue-collar workers earns, a ratio that compares to 42 times

你們會選 B or F?

那如果把 B 改成:

B. that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of what blue-collar workers earns, a ratio that compares to 42 times

你們會選哪一個？

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-10-4 15:55:43编辑过]

tptpttp

actually!! I think the answer is  D, since------> the price of what the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.         (what the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient) is a NOUN-CLAUSE.  Therefore, the whole sentence is clear to understand.                  

xiangqinzh

最后再简单总结一下前面的观点，便于后来人阅读：

支持C的理由(that)：

整句结构："...three times (as much as) the price (插入语) that the drug's maker charges for another product..." 1。that 做限定性定语从句的引导词 2。charge (some money) for (something) 3。X times (as much as) A (as much as可省略)

反对D的理由(of what)：

"...the price of what the drug's maker charges ..." the price of sth 结构中sth.应该指某件物品。但此处what指代price, price of price错了语感之所以觉得of what对，是因为price of用惯了，但必须注意逻辑，逻辑不对还是错。

反对E的理由(at which) charge at (some price) for (something)不符合语法习惯。

欢迎讨论。

这里price that  中的that在后面一句中做宾语成分,我想或许是可以省略的!

："...three times (as much as) the price the drug's maker charges for another product..." 1。不要THAT 好象没有什么问题呀

如OG9 one that 就省略了

9. Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.

 

(A)  that they believe is

(B)  that they believe it to be

(C)  they believe that it is of

(D)  they believe that is

(E)   they believe to be of

Choice E is best. The pronoun that in A and B should be deleted, since the pronoun one is sufficient to introduce the modifier and the sentence is more fluid without that. In B and C,
                it and that it are intrusive and ungrammatical: the idiom is "believe x to be y." In the context of this sentence, the infini­tive to be is more appropriate than the limited present-tense is in referring to an event that occurred long ago but has been discovered only recently. Finally, A, B, and D lack o/and so illogically equate this particular explosion with the whole class of explosions to which it belongs: it is not a type but possibly one of a type.

Ets对所有定语从句中不做主语成分的THAT均要求省略，这里THAT 从句作为ONE 的定语从句，省！

gukangmat

我觉得应该用of what而不是that, that有可能用来指代price或者milligram,甚至the price of “new drug"或者the price of “another product with the same active ingredient”,再比较两个price的过程中price的从属必须被区分.

再说what的指代,我认为what指代price,(具体说是price of another product with the same active ingredient)至于逗号前面一个price,是对three times的解释,类似于同位语的作用,表明句子中的比较是在怎样的纬度下进行的!

gukangmat

我觉得应该用of what而不是that, that有可能用来指代price或者milligram,甚至the price of “new drug"或者the price of “another product with the same active ingredient”,再比较两个price的过程中price的从属必须被区分.

再说what的指代,我认为what指代price,(具体说是price of another product with the same active ingredient)至于逗号前面一个price,是对three times的解释,类似于同位语的作用,表明句子中的比较是在怎样的纬度下进行的!

jennylin

我还是支持E.

其实这题大家是不是想复杂了，我觉得考点就是charge for sth at some price这个习惯用语阿...

在the price后面加at which不过是用限制性定语从句来说明这个price的来源把....

反之，用C缺少介词连接price

用D，what 根本就是画蛇添足

晴天小狗

受不了了

什么题啊！

sun2571

sb charges some money for sth

这个题里只有that可以替换some money

c正确

ana9

I agree with C

lazyratcn

还是不知道选啥,只能希望考试别碰到这种题了,