gwd-6-v41

juan

我好象没听说过is,can后面不能伴随状语的说法.weiyu 举的那些伴随状语的例子,如kingsoft说的,确实是因为其他原因导致不能伴随,而不是因为前面有is,can之类的导致不能伴随.

Q41:
The greatest road system built in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending from northern Ecuador through Peru to Southern Chile.
A.Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending
B.Columbus was the Incan highway, over 2,500 miles in length, and extended
C.Columbus, the Incan highway, which was over 2,500 miles in length and extended
D.Columbus, the Incan highway, being over 2,500 miles in length, was extended
E.Columbus, the Incan highway was over 2,500 miles long, extending
我觉得这道题里,extending...是伴随状语,说明前面提到的over 2500 miles long. 而highway ..exending...没有逻辑错误,就象fungus...extending...也是对的.

1.       Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.

(A) extending

(B) extends

(C) extended

(D) it extended（A）

(E) is extending

而我觉得如果说B选项错是因为was时态的话,那么正确选项E中也是用was呀.

我觉得选E不选B就是因为E用了伴随状语,更好的说明over 2500miles long是怎么个long的...结构更好.而且B的句子结构 Columbus was the Incan highway, over 2,500 miles in length, and extended 可能让人理解成:the Incan highway extended only in the past ----就象fungus那道题OG解释为什么不用extended一样.

请指教.

robertchu

541   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 unclear reactors（E）

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

I don't think E is the best answer.  I feel C might be a better answer.  Discussions?
I remember seeing this question before, but could remember where. Kaplan?  Or Princeton?  Or OG?  Any pointers? Thanks!

rt316

以下是引用robertchu在2004-6-13 3:37:00的发言：

541   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 unclear reactors（E）

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

I don't think E is the best answer.  I feel C might be a better answer.  Discussions?
I remember seeing this question before, but could remember where. Kaplan?  Or Princeton?  Or OG?  Any pointers? Thanks!

这道题首先有个概念：neuclear fusion和neuclear reactor是两个完全相反的动作。那么C的错误就很明显了，C意味着两个动作相同，都是做A而不是做B。

robertchu

有道理。可是，
为什么不能认为C中的 "as nuclear reactors do" 是non-restrictive clause 修饰 "splitting them apart" 呢？

robertchu

仔细想了一下，说C中的 "as nuclear reactors do" 是non-restrictive clause 修饰 "splitting them“的确有些牵强，不符合GMAT风格，虽说日常有人这样讲。

tony6

weiyu所说的“前面是is, can, be able to不是动作性动词，好像不能伴随”我记得BRYONY以前提到过，虽不能说绝对还是尽量避免使用。但是本题中两害相权取其轻，就只能选E了。

Andrea625

以下是引用tianwan在2004-6-12 23:45:00的发言：

The greatest road system built in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending from northern Ecuador through Peru to Southern Chile.

B.Columbus was the Incan highway, over 2,500 miles in length, and extended

硬伤：was错，必须用is，这是个客观现实。

软伤：over 2,500 miles in length可作状语或定语；而且这个was的作用范围会到extended，会有歧义。虽然was是系动词，从语法上不会被理解成助动词，但是这种was+表语 and ved的结构是个不好的结构。

was the Incan highway, ......, and extended: 我觉得问题在于and前后是不适合并列的。

mikeleven

重新考虑一下再贴

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-10-15 22:17:15编辑过]

paraglider

如果选E，句子结构为：

The road system  , the Incan highway was xxx, extending from xx to xx.

结构不完整。

选B：The road system was the Incan highway , over XXX, and extended

from xx to xx.

句子结构完整。

所以，我选B

hankunlun

tianwan说的容易接受。