昨天搜到一个关于虚拟语气的帖子,里边有一题很蹊跷啊,同志们帮忙看看: GWD-9-Q19: (★这是不是虚拟?是什么虚拟的什么情况?不是虚拟为什么If后要用过去时?) In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United Stated today, a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted within the scope of his or her authority and if the corporation benefited as a result. A. a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted B. a corporation is committing a crime whenever one of its employees committed a crime, if those employees were acting C. corporations commit a crime whenever one of its employees does, on the condition that the employee acts D. corporations commit crimes whenever an employee of those corporations commit a crime, if it was while acting E. the corporation whose employees commit a crime, commits a crime, whenever the employee acted Answer:[A] 原帖是虚拟语气的总结: http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-290664-1-1.html?extparms=ThreadCatalogID%3d62%26page%3d1-- by 会员 张小心 (2011/11/1 10:56:17)
亲爱的小心,这个是prep里面的题目,然后要做出来的话按照飞扬说的就可以了~ 然后就是你说的虚拟语气,这里我个人觉得是虚拟语气 我粘prep的原文解释给你:
题目释义:…, but in the United States today, a corporation commits a crime whenever ..., if the employee acted ... and if the corporation benefited …
考点:平行对称主谓一致
1. 平行对称,GMAT中未划线部分与划线部分的平行对称多次出现,却也是容易忽略的考点。
选项分析:A.Correct;虚拟条件句从句+正常语气主句。
B.were acting应为acted,与benefited对应;those无所指,前面是one of its employees;未划线部分的his or her authority说明主语应该是单数。
C.its与其指代对象corporations单复数不一致;on the condition that与后面的if不平行。
D.an employee与commit主谓不一致; an employee of those corporations表达的是一个员工就职于多个公司,逻辑不合理;根据逻辑含义it应该指代crime,acting的逻辑主语是it,不合理,且后面的his or her将无所指。
E.whenever与if不平行,结构复杂明显不如A选项;the employee无法指代employees;全句主谓之间以一个逗号分开,使得句子不完整;the corporation第一次出现不应该用定冠词the;两个commit a crime连用,句式awkward。
补充说明:可以发现his or her这样的表达在GMAT这样正式的文体中也是接受的。
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