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ztlbox

Q24:

A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for any country to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country’s foreign-born population

was from Germany.

A. the largest share for any country to contribute

B. the largest share that any country has contributed

C. which makes it the largest share for any country to contribute

D. having the largest share to be contributed by any country

E. having the largest share to have been contributed by any country

the answer is b, it is ok,

但想问一下a为什么不好，记得语法书上好象说过最高级修饰名词，后面一般要跟不定式，象the first sth to do sth, 即使没有这一条，也想知道这里a为什么不对？ 只是因为后面有时间状语吗？

vincent0330

A. the largest share for any country to contribute

时间状语是一个切入点, 另外for any country 变成形容 the laegest share; 表达上不如(B)来得完整

ztlbox

有道理！

涉及到部分概念和整体概念的区别。

不过好像在有过去时间状语的句中有现在分词也是可以的，在google中可以搜到

所以还请确认

rhod

GMAT里面出现since, 就是个很明确的信号要用完成时.

另外, 建议ztlbox兄看一下gemj的学习心得：

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=62016&page=1

如果要验证语法现象和规则的话, 以OG和大全优先级最高, google最低. google包罗万象, 什么样的错误都有.

victorliao

以下是引用ztlbox在2004-10-16 4:03:00的发言：

有道理！

涉及到部分概念和整体概念的区别。

谁能解释一下？

不过好像在有过去时间状语的句中有现在分词也是可以的，在google中可以搜到

所以还请确认

Thanks!

allanblue

B的时态会否有问题？

actu

B的时态会否有问题？

The tense in B is perfectly correct!

JerryGuan

关于时态，我想可以如是理解：

虽然这份报名在过去的某个时点证明了什么（过去时），但是所证明的事实到现在还在继续，所以后面用完成时。

然而，我有一个新的不解之处：

contribute 怎么翻译啊？

B答案是不是要改为：

B. the largest share to which any country has contributed

joe11

Jerry, you can't change choice B like that.  

the largest share to which any country has contributed

IF 'which' refers to 'share':   any country has contributed to share 逻辑意义不对

　　　你要表达的是　any contry has contributed to the States

carolyue

请问E怎么不对呀》having不能修饰Mexica吗？并且AB中的the largest修饰谁呀？