GWD Set 12 T19

sureno1

虽然我觉得C的it离他指代的得太远了

但是我还是觉得e的逻辑意思和原本句的不太一致~

原来是想说：人（尤其在什么情况下）容易犯（什么什么）错

E说的：这个事容易导致什么错……

恩~~发表一下想法

zenger

语法上来说，C，E都没有绝对错误。C的it虽远，但没有歧义，不能说不行。E的主语有点不好，但也未必就错。[虽然ETS应该讨厌E——当然也不喜欢C]。但C的it基本上已经不存在优化了，而E则在结构上完全可优化。

从意思上来说，C就突出了。C的主句意思直接，准确。

而E，being ... is likely to make sb. do sth.若把is likely to去掉，看直接意思更有问题：being ... make sb.do sth.因此，问题到不是being ...是谁发出的动作（表被动时，有不确定动作发出者的情况）而是make sb. do sth.能不能由being ...来实现。

leonchan

做个标记

前面有人说过的 especially one that ...做同位语，that应省略。大家有何意见？

libbytt

以下是引用sureno1在2005-10-11 1:22:00的发言：

但是我还是觉得e的逻辑意思和原本句的不太一致~

原来是想说：人（尤其在什么情况下）容易犯（什么什么）错

E说的：这个事容易导致什么错……

同意！E改变了句子重心阿

yuanlipinglily

OG上好像有说in the past应用一般过去时，不能用完成时，那只有B对

dpreview

以下是引用bachordersee在2004-7-20 23:17:00的发言：
E ：" especially one that has worked well in the past" 中的one指代不清，可以指An executive  也可以指a course of action

One只可能指代cause of action, E正确.  C除了it位置太远外, they也指代不清.  虽然GMAT中出现being的句子98%错, 但凡事不可教条.

elvislg2003

看了半天， 发现大部分人不选E是因为"being committed". 我认为是动名词被动态作主语。动名词被动态不多见， 我只记得另外一例， Framed by traitorous colleagues, Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before being exonerated and freed

相比语法， ETS更注重逻辑的清晰。 所以我选E。

Febby1984

Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

1. 
   
   Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.（在第一个it之前有三个单数名词，指代不明；especially if 放在中间夹心修饰有问题；结构是commitment makes it likely to miss sign，意思不合逻辑。）


2. 
   
   An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear. （one在这里做同位语，解释前面那个名词呢？executive? course? Make doing is unidiomatic）


3. 
   
   An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past. （将especially置于句尾，避免修饰不清；be likely to do is accurate and concise; it clearly refers to a course of action, the only singular noun mentioned before logically.）


4. 
   
   Executives’ being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.( or前后不平行)


5. 
   
   Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.（原文的意思…是的经理更有可能….而这里变成了…更有可能使得经理...觉得意思变了being也不是一个preferable structure.）

Thus, vote for C

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-12-12 15:26:46编辑过]

amyeb

我认为是B.

结构是这样的：

An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

one是a course of action的同位语，来进一步解释是什么样的course of action.

后面make的用法是：make sth. adj.

也就是 makes A or B likely. (这里的A和B，分别是missing signs...和misinterpreting ones...)

后面when they do appear中的they,是指 A and B.

这样分析结构很对称，而且有解决的C中it指代不清的迷惑。况且，即使C中的it是指代course of action的，也未免离别修饰对象太远了吧，不符合ETS的就近修饰原则。

于是这句话可以清晰地表达一个意思：

一位忠于一种行动（或决策，whatever）的executive, 尤其是在他所尊从的这种行动一向worked well的情况下，更容易发生missing signs of incipient trouble 或 misinterpret signs of incipient trouble的错误。

不知道有没有人同意我的这种解释~~

elaine_tai

谢谢大家的热烈讨论，现在我确认是E

理由如下：

1) 大家忽略了本题对句子逻辑意思的一个考点

   C: (miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble) (when they do appear)

      E:  (miss signs of incipient trouble)  or  (misinterpret them when they do appear)

     E更合理

2) being committed做主语无错，正如doing sth.做主语一样，无需强调doing动作的发出者是什么主句主语或逻辑主语

3) being会成为正确选项的，个人认为不要以ETS不喜欢什么做答案去做判断，我认为ETS只喜欢做一件事，就是迷惑考生

4) one that has worked well in the past中的one是a course of action的同位语，无错

5) 个人认为本题原文中的make不要轻易去掉，C的意思和E的意思是有区别的