gwd 7- 40 时态问题

G-CRACKER

藕选A,

做了两遍都选C,再看，C不对因为时态/逻辑：因为（现在）经济持续走强，所以分析师（过去的）几个星期来一直预测11月份利率会再升一次。

A除了because of没有C中的because好外，其余没有语法/逻辑错误。。。。

hpp920

下面是我在一个外国人的网站上发现的:

CBS

Nov 1 2004, 04:07 AM

1. Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies—less than those
B. movies—fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones

2. Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

A. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

3. A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought.

A. claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought
B. claims suggests that the economy might not be so weak as some analysts have previously thought
C. claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as have been previously thought by some analysts
D. claims, suggesting about the economy that it might not be so weak as previously thought by some analysts
E. claims, suggesting the economy might not be as weak as previously thought to be by some analysts
Answer:
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4. The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

A. in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting
B. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit
C. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
D. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
E. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting


5. A leading figure in the Scottish enlightenment, Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism.

A. Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what
B. Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism like
C. Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
D. Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
E. Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what


6. The first trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.

A. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
B. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously with but also
C. having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously but
D. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence of centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but also
E. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously with but

rchhapolia

Nov 1 2004, 08:24 AM

My take - B, A, A, E, E, A.

Jigar

Nov 1 2004, 05:48 PM

My pick is....
E...A....A ...B ....D....A.....

Lubainah

Nov 1 2004, 06:38 PM

I vote for----
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. E
5. E
6. A

Please post the OA's.

Thanks.

champ

Nov 1 2004, 10:07 PM

E,D,C,E,B,C

CBS

Nov 2 2004, 02:14 AM

Answer 1.E 2.D 3.A 4.E 5.E 6.E
but it's not OA. It's answer attached with the documents. Do you think is it true?

zalim

Nov 2 2004, 04:55 AM

B: Event in the past perfect tense vs event in the past perfect tense + fewer is right choice here.
A: Because of is ok here rather than due to
A: suggest..is right than suggests...+ no place for have been thought
E: in A.B,C its is unclear whether it refers to benefits or tea or research
E: is easy
E: evidence that ..... and arose simultaneously with is correct

arparul

Nov 2 2004, 03:18 PM

Without seeing the answers published by CBS I came up with
E,A,A,E,E,E : so answers seem correct to me
1. E: Needn’t repeat ‘have been’
2. Seems A, but since rest 5 questions correct answers are given, correct answer can be D as given. We might be missing some finer point. Would be great if Erin could spare few mins on this.
Some fund’s are:
Due to means ‘caused by’ and it should only be used if it can be substituted with ‘caused by’ (Spidey’s SC notes)
But, From Guru.net
due to prep. : Because of.
USAGE NOTE Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to, but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective. According to this view, it is incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation. This seems a fine point, however, and since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition.
3. A: Easy
4: E: modifier/concise
5: E: Easy
6: E: Concise
Dear CBS and others, I want to share a tip for improving SC, which worked for me, do SCs from OG and read their explanations of all questions, however cryptic they feel. If OG uses terms you don't understand- for instance, when I started I didn't even know infinitives and gerunds - make sure to check them out on internet/grammer book.
Regards,
Parul

fulbalnut

Nov 11 2004, 09:34 PM

E
A
A
A
C
A

skyalan

之前我一直坚定的支持C,不过大家有没有看到那个for weeks...应该是predict持续了一段时间的标志，因此这样看来A的时态似乎更恰当

C predicted for weeks就有点牵强了

shaft

到底是A还是C呢？NN们可否给个解释？i prefer A.

Ggirl

我选C.  

ya-ya

感觉还是A的时态合理一些.

盼NN能给个标准答案

skyguard2000

我支持C。因为：
1、在GMAT里，forweeks、during、over等等不一定是完成事态的标志。出现了太多这样的例子，如OG中有一题讲某个文明flourished在一段时间。所以，用什么时态完全看该事件发生在哪个time frame，句子中各事件的先后关系如何。所以analysts predicted for weeks就其本身来说时态没有问题。
2、如果用analysts have been predicting，也就是说该事件和前一事件the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target基本处在一个time frame中，那么它也应该发生在Since February所指的time frame中，那么另外一个时间状语for weeks就有些尴尬。这些weeks到底处在什么时间段？而且几个月内（不会是几个星期内），the Federal Reserve升息5次，只在最近几个星期analysts才持续预测吗？似乎有些不合逻辑。如果用predicted，就不涉及这个问题了，反正是在过去预测的，管它是什么时候。
3、because of the economy’s continued strength和because the economy continues strong相比，明显后者更好，人们预测要继续提高短期目标利率，不是因为经济的强度，而是因为经济的趋势，。前者的意思只能是勉强说得过去，但GMAT考题中很少出现不符合人们思维习惯的理解。最优选项应该是各部分都最优。因而应该选择because the economy continues strong。
4、平行并不要求时态完全一致，也有不少这样的例子。
一家之言，仅供参考，请大家继续讨论。

juningw

c的时态确实有的奇怪，不过，从逻辑意思上看，还是c比a好。

the economy’s continued strength有问题。应该是经济增长强劲，这些分析家才会预测利率将上调。而不是经济的增加了的力量。

c的the economy continues strong就非常好。

另外，for weeks不是作为用完成时的标志。

从时态上看，c也可以自圆其说。

综合看，优选C。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-4-1 22:02:31编辑过]

Dennies

Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

1. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
2. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

此题我选的是A,主要的理由是时态问题,C中前句说ECONOMY CONTINUES是一般现在时,而后面却有来个一般过去时(PREDICTED),到底是甚么意思呢?看了讨论也没个结果,我觉的这个语法点是不能忽略的啦~!

cgcg

支持A！支持A！

C的continues strong也太怪了吧，continues to be strong好点。

时态方面：A是 现在完成 ..., and ... 现在完成进行+将来，一组的；C是 现在完成..., and ...现在时，过去时+过去将来时，shift掉了。尤其for weeks是形容持续时段，加上句意要表达过去几个礼拜且现在还是，所以完成进行时比较合理。