请教各位前辈一道GWD 1-Q34

anyname

同意B

首先rate是指百分比/率 of fatty foods，不是速率，也不是rate of people。所以E错。

D错，X of A and B be the same的句型，我的调查结果表明：如果X是可数名词，X和be要用复数；如果X是不可数名词，X和be要用单数；楼上的the meaning （of the two expressions）is the same，把meaning当不可数名词用，所以单数。

best555tw

我覺得
(D) 變成 the rate of fatty foods is the same   
而不是吃fatty foods的比例
改變句意
(E)既然the rate of people 是單數
就應該用A is the same as B
所以應該是 the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France as in the United States, the......

不然就要用複數are the same in France and the United States

tangjinrangmat

d的错误是明显的：

1、如果the rate in France and us,那the rate 和谁比较是一样的呢？

2、而且用被动，不能还原原文的意思。

3、如一定要用被动，我觉得应该写成" the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and that in the United States are about the same,"

请大家指正。

amy_lyy

但是我觉得people in France and the United States容易让人产生误解，就是people既在法国又在美国，是不是换成people in France and people in the United States更好些呢，但是答案中没有

z198424

我认为d的错在于the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States,这里只有一个rate,是france and US的rate,要做比较的话应该是rateS吧

wzparete

D中，the rate of fatty foods..不成立，错！句意是 the rate of consumingfatty foods.

sensornet

受不了了，怎么都不说正题。那么多人认为B对，别人说有修饰歧义，怎么就不见人解释？？！！

我觉得介词短语放在句尾，一般是来做壮语修饰谓语。但是这并不绝对。语法上绝对可以修饰宾语，但在这种情况下，宾语和介词短语必须有明显的紧密的联系。这道题里，B中at the same rate在语法上修饰谁都可以。但是，单拿出来the fatty food at the same rate我感觉不好，rate 解释不清是什么rate。 the food at the same fat rate可能好一点。所以这道题的B中的at the same rate还是有很强的倾向修饰consume。

按照题意，rate应该指的是consuming rate,所以C,D的rate of foods和rate of people都改变了题意。且，2个rate的比较，用复数好点。虽然有人从CR和别的书上找到可以得例句，但那不是GMAT SC。我还在RC中看到过having been done呢，businessweek上还有between X with Y呢。

E中的the same 用得没错。见到the same 就想到as好像有点敏感。人家专门在the US前面去掉in,咋还非要拆开人家？

robertchu

B is the best answer.

“death rates from heart disease”  can’t be modified by “their”, because it wouldn’t be clear what “their” is referring to in the sub-sentence

   “death rates ... are far lower in France”.  So, A and C are out.

D, “the rate of fatty foods...” is awkward and sounds strange.

E, “the rate of people consuming...” is awkward: it uses “-ing” unnecessarily.

sammaijgd

以下是引用pengh在2004-12-12 14:55:00的发言：

D 中的 "is" 不对, 应为 "are".

A and B is the same. (wrong)

A and B are the same. (correct)

D中is的主语是the rate吧.这种解释不对

sammaijgd

我认为本题应该选B,也是矬子里面拔大个

这题的意思中心是两个rate之比.理应将两个rate做句子的中心,这样才能完整体现although的作用,但是D E选项错误太多 意思含混,只能选B了