有一題，求教啊！！！

megadreamer

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in
California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from
nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.


A. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from
nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
B. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a
decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
C. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a
decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
D. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly
three-quarters a decade ago
E. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it
was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

megadreamer

自己頂一下~~~~貌似字體有點小，有點奇怪啊~~~

liuxuanlihao

本人拙见
答案应该是D吧
AB的which使用错误直接排了
C，and that 的that单独出现有问题
E,后半句明显啰嗦，而且by nearly three-quarters扭曲了原文from
nearly three-quarters 的意思

vinbobo

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in
California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from
nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.


A. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from
nearly three-quarters only a decade ago                           which就近指代有问题
B. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a
decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters                  which就近指代有问题
C. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a
decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters           that不对，同一事物  
D. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly
three-quarters a decade ago                                              有歧义，three quaters是down from的宾语,还是修饰a decade?
E. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it
was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters


因此感觉E好

megadreamer

我也覺得是E，但是答案是D

megadreamer

但是現在也覺得E表達得似乎是有點累贅！

megadreamer

恩恩，ABC果斷排除了！

vinbobo

不好意思，没有看清，E确实有很大的问题
就是那个by
把down from 3/4
变成了down from (what) by 3/4

且不说哪句是原意，因为GMAT并不是说那句意思就一定就要比表达的，这里的问题，我认为是在于，down from XX by 3/4可以改写为decrease by 3/4,原本是1/2不到，加加减减数量不对了

megadreamer

你的意思是不是：by是表示增加或者减少的量对吧？那个原来的句子想表达的是减少到的结果，是一个状态？~

vinbobo

你的意思是不是：by是表示增加或者减少的量对吧？那个原来的句子想表达的是减少到的结果，是一个状态？~

-- by 会员 megadreamer (2011/7/16 22:34:55)

by是表示增加或者减少的量对吧？是的

关于原意，GMAT中是没有句子原来意思的，说的通都可以