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albert

请教KAPLAN－SC－7,22
K-1-7
The M , a test developed in the 1930s to access acharacters, attitudes , and behaviors , is finally being revised , after many attacks recently as dated and culturally biased.
A. is finally being revised , after many attacks recently as dated and culturally biased
B. has recently been attacked as dated and culturally biased is finally being revised.
C. Is finally under revision for receiving much recent attack as dated and culturally biased.
D. Was finally revised recently because it is being attack as dated as culturally biased.
E. Is finally to be revised after recent attacks as dated and culturally biased.
Ans: B, I choose E，　我主要觉得B的后面的时态不对：is being revised

K-1-22
The poll taxes enacted in the Southern States between 1889 and 1910 disenfranchised many citizens , since payment of the tax was a prerequisite for voting.
A. and 1910 disenfranchised many citizens, since
B. to 1910 disenfranchised many citizens since
C. and 1910 have disenfranchised many citizens since
D. to 1910 has been disenfranchised many citizens become
E. and 1910 had the effect of disenfranchising many citizens inasmuch as
Ans: B, I choose C
EX-K: “have” if you were talking about continuing action.You say “the recent poll taxes have disenfranchised many citizens “, but if you’re talking about action that started and finished in the past you simply say “the taxes disenfranchised many citizens”

但是，在OG中，since的主句一定是用完成时的，为什么这里不对呢？

谢谢。





1、I also ruled out the correct choice for the useage of "being" at first, but later i found that the key point of the question is to properly arrange  the sequence of order of two actions--"attack" and "revise". Only B correctly uses a verb of perfect present and a verb of present tense, respectively,to convey a action that began in the past but last still now and a action with on-going nature.

2、The conjunction "since" here , which means "because", introduces a causal clause, not a clause indicating a period of time.




1. B: has recently been attacked as dated and culturally biased is finally being revised
why B??  there is two verb in the setence....is the "culturally biased " a noun or any other explantions?

2. I think the answer should be A
"between 1889 and 1910 " is more idomatic than " between 1889 to 1910"

请大家讨论这道题目。

albert

hi, mike..I got you summary of CR..thank you..

tocean0222

以下是引用albert在2003-7-23 20:38:00的发言：
一道KAPLAN模考:
  Researchers are studying plastics that dissolve at different rates, and they are finding that the so-called "quick disintegration" plastics are taking more time to deteriorate than (they originally seemed.)
  B:they seemed originally
  C:it seemed that they would originally
  D:it originally seemed
  E:it originally seemed they would.
  答案是E.大家讨论一下.实在没有什么做题的头绪.
  


KAPLAN解释:
The tricky part here is choosing between "they" and "it". "they" would imply that the plastics themselves first seemed to do one thing, and then ended up doing something else. The example "it" --the pronoun that has no antecedent--makes more sense; it suggests simply that initial indications turned out to be misleading. Using "it", it's necessary to include the phrase "they would" to make itclear-- what seemed to be the case.


我觉得该题目所有选项的they和前面的一个they are finding that...的they是否冲突了？

我感觉they确实有一点指带的问题，这也是kaplan出题不如ets严谨的地方，但是根据后面it seemed ...基本可以让阅读者确定they指带是plastics而不是researches,而且这里的比较结构确实很特殊，特别是they would，所以虽然不是最好的答案，也只有选e了！

joywzy

重读OG,还是发现T43不懂,如果考试中碰到这种古怪的题,请问该如何入手？

43. In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.

before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes
before there was Australia, it was the antipodes
it was the antipodes that was Australia
Australia was what was the antipodes
Australia was what had been known as the antipodes
Choice A is best, for A alone makes clear that the land now known as Australia was considered the antipodes before it was developed. In B, it has no logical referent, because the previous clause describes a time when there was no Australia. Nor does it have a referent in C: substituting Australia for it produces a nonsensical statement. D is wordy, with the unnecessary what was, and imprecise in suggesting that Australia was considered the antipodes after it became Australia. E similarly distorts the original meaning, and the past perfect had been is inconsistent with the past tense used to establish a time frame for the rest of the sentence.

anchoret

这是一道旧题，之后此类问题几乎没再考过。

考一个惯用法：before sth is sth，惯用法，不要用语法去解释。

greenfish

以下是引用tocean0222在2003-7-23 17:59:00的发言:

I真是服了you, 一掉进你的陷阱！

一样反例：1

明白了！我居然会以为X的平方为整数就表示X也为整数！
谢了！

greenfish

KAPLAN SC-20

The analyst suggested that traders pay more attention to a broader measure of the money supply, know as M2, but still not to ignore standard indicators.
B. and not to ignore any longer
C. but that they still not ignore
D. and not that they continue to ignore
E. but that they are still not ignoring

The answer is C, while I chose D.
The explanation is:"Put similar parts of a sentence in similar form. The analyst suggested two things: that traders pay more attention to the M2, but that they still not ignore standard indicators."

我怎么觉得D读起来比较顺？

mike1999

这是个平行结构,suggest that sb do sth, but that sb not do sth.而不是suggest that sb do sth, and not that sb do sth. 注意前后意思的转折.

luoxiaoyang

but在这里肯定是引导平行结构，在这里有二个地方可以平行，一是pay attention to， 一是that从句。明显that从句更合适。

greenfish

以下是引用mike1999在2003-7-24 14:52:00的发言：
这是个平行结构,suggest that sb do sth, but that sb not do sth.而不是suggest that sb do sth, and not that sb do sth. 注意前后意思的转折.

明白了，谢谢！
另，知不知道有什么网上测试？是不是KAP？怎么找？