GWD 7-32

looook

Q32:

A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought.

1. claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought


2. claims suggests that the economy might not be so weak as some analysts have previously thought


3. claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as have been previously thought by some analysts


4. claims, suggesting about the economy that it might not be so weak as previously thought by some analysts


5. claims, suggesting the economy might not be as weak as previously thought to be by some analysts

以前的讨论没人对A答案提出异议.

但我想问C,因为A,B中as ... as后确实找不到economy对应的代词,而C中可以看出是代词省略了,而且我在google上发现了一大堆have been previously 的用法,证明时态没问题.只是have应该改成has.

另参见GWD 5-14 E选项.

open to discuss.

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-11-9 7:52:31编辑过]

hougang

我觉得这一题只能够用排除法去做.另外,我想问是否可以这样改:

claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as previously thought to be by some analysts.

因为我在lzm的语法里面看到过关于as .. as thought, anticipated, estimated这些词汇的省略用法

looook

谢谢回复.

感觉这样改可以,但看不出to be字样有什么必要.

claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as previously thought to be by some analysts

whoami2

帮楼主顶一把。楼主的道理跟我一摸一样，我也是在AC之间想了很久，后来觉得C的比较句型更像样，结果选了C

zhoujian

google搜索出来的例子很多是错的，不能说明什么。毕竟gmat考的是标准书面语。

richland

我的问题是A中，  not be as weak as ... 对吗？为什末不是：not be so weak as...

zhoujian

Not as ...as 是可以的

not so...as只能用语否定句，但并不代表not as.. as不能用语否定句

参考longman的例子

Tom's not as old as you, is he?

yangxiaogang

答案是A.C不符合平行对称，谓语动词用复数也没有问题

水色

引自stellate

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=74776&page=1 (7楼)

"来来来，我跟KUIKUI 两个奋斗10分钟才把这个弄明白。多谢KUIKUI的牛劲，小牛一头！

claims是一个固定用法

unemployment claims指因失业而提出“某人已失业，请求失业救济”，是一种失业救济程序。而new home sales也是一个固定表达，与existing home sales相对应，应该是指新产生的家庭，比如新婚家庭。

全句大意是说，新家庭消费量的上升和周失业救济申请的下降表明经济并没有原来预测的那么糟"

lb1900

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