GWD Set 12 T19

jackzhu69

选E,

E中的逻辑意思和A最接近，C的句式捎后，但是句子重心变动了。

zhoujian

一开始选了C,但review的时候选了E

个人以为C改变了原句的意思。原句是强调某个行为会导致某种后果，而C变成了某人可能会怎么样怎么样，有点不爽

第一次一看到being就排除了，但仔细一想，可能是陷阱。

关键是整个being这句能否做主语，如果可以应该就是E了

zhoujian

找到了ETS修改前的原句

Over commitment to a course of action is likely to make executives miss certain warning signs or misinterpret them when they do appear.

http://www.act-consult.com/Web/Services/Project_goes_awry.htm

Maggie_Ru

以下是引用sofarsgood在2004-9-12 6:33:00的发言：

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.
   
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.
   
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.
   
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.
   
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.

我还是觉得C对。

关于C中it的指代问题：

it之前有三个名词：executive，a course of action 和signals,这三个中只有a course of action 能用it指代，所以即使it离的再远，它也是只能指代a course of action.这是一种强制指代吧。

E中Being heavily committed to a course of action，接下来主语应该是executive才对，而在E中Being heavily committed to a course of action却变成了句子的主语，结构变成了Being done something is ......这在GMAT中好像是不提倡的。

comments pls

我也同意C选项~~~不过~~~前面还有一个名词啊~~~trouble~~~~让我觉得it的指代不见得就十全十美~~~不过~~比较而言~~~我还是倾向C

GMAT阿驴

c is right

xuedidage

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

Sorry, I think 'one',  指代很清楚, 因为 'executive'  那时还没出现那.  

用especially,后面是不是应该用the one 好一些呢

-Wrong, here we are just talking about a certain kind of committment, not THE commitment.  It is not limited to THE single case.

I support E

xuedidage

找

到了ETS修改前的原句
Over commitment to a course of action is likely to make executives miss certain warning signs or misinterpret them when they do appear.
http://www.act-consult.com/Web/Services/Project_goes_awry.htm[/QUOTE]

Now compare E with it:  

1. 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.

What do you think, don't you think the original looks most like E?  

merben

E is definitely right.

香香茶

以下是引用zenger在2005-10-18 12:53:00的发言：

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。

我很赞同。

rosmarine

of course E.