麻烦XDJM帮忙看看这俩题，拜谢

fannyboy

There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic."

A.a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
B.less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
C.a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
D.less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
E.a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had正确答案D

D答案其他我没啥看法（我选的B），就想问问have作为实义动词在做平行补充的时候可以用had来替代did么？




Scientists believe that unlike the males of most species of moth, the male whistling moths of Nambung, Australia, call female moths to them by the use of acoustical signals, but not olfactory ones, and they attract their mates during the day, rather than at night.

A.by the use of acoustical signals, but not olfactory ones, and they attract
B.by the use of acoustical signals instead of using olfactory ones, and attracting
C.by using acoustical signals, not using olfactory ones, and by attracting
D.using acoustical signals, rather than olfactory ones, and attract
E.using acoustical signals, but not olfactory ones, and attracting正确答案D， 想问问这里using这里是否讲求逗号的使用，亦或说可不可以用逗号隔开？


要考了，谢谢各位XDJM

DUKB24

第一个问题：可以

第二个问题：逗号是用来隔开rather than这个结构的，不是using

fannyboy

D斑竹每次回复最特么快了~谢谢~第一个知道了
那第二个意思就是using那儿不用逗号咯，以免和rather than那儿逗号冲突？

DUKB24

D斑竹每次回复最特么快了~谢谢~第一个知道了
那第二个意思就是using那儿不用逗号咯，以免和rather than那儿逗号冲突？

-- by 会员 fannyboy (2012/12/11 11:46:51)

我发现我看错你那个using 的问题。。。


不好意思


我认真看看先

kiwifoodtown

There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic."

A.a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
B.less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
C.a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
D.less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
E.a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had正确答案D

D答案其他我没啥看法（我选的B），就想问问have作为实义动词在做平行补充的时候可以用had来替代did么？




Scientists believe that unlike the males of most species of moth, the male whistling moths of Nambung, Australia, call female moths to them by the use of acoustical signals, but not olfactory ones, and they attract their mates during the day, rather than at night.

A.by the use of acoustical signals, but not olfactory ones, and they attract
B.by the use of acoustical signals instead of using olfactory ones, and attracting
C.by using acoustical signals, not using olfactory ones, and by attracting
D.using acoustical signals, rather than olfactory ones, and attract
E.using acoustical signals, but not olfactory ones, and attracting正确答案D， 想问问这里using这里是否讲求逗号的使用，亦或说可不可以用逗号隔开？


要考了，谢谢各位XDJM

-- by 会员 fannyboy (2012/12/11 11:25:19)

这里不可以用逗号，因为这个状语using 是修饰 call ，在 that 从句起作用。如果using 前用逗号隔开的话，就会造成混淆，不清楚状语是对主句还是从句的修饰。

上一题，还是要在这里强调一下：这是选择题不是改错题，GMAT考试就要在已有的答案里优选，或许这些答案都不好，但必须选一个相对合理的答案。（与其钻牛角尖，不如把OG吃透，清楚明白出题的思路和考点，提高速度和准确）。