According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
Since conscious patients often died of shock on the operating table, the invention of anesthesia was essential to the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was to powered flight.(A) the invention of anesthesia was essential to the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was to powered flight
(B) inventing anesthesia was as essential for the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was for powered flight
(C) the invention of anesthesia was as essential in the development of surgery much as the invention of the propeller had been for powered flight
(D) the invention of anesthesia was as essential to the development of surgery as the invention of the propeller was to powered flight
(E) the invention of anesthesia was essential to the development of surgery, so was the invention of the propeller essential to powered flight
D正解
请问:
1、A在语法上有什么硬伤?
2、如果A在语法上没有错的话。A和D在语义上是有区别的。A意为“正如同the invention of the propeller对powered flight来说很重要,invention of anesthesia对于development of surgery来说也是很重要" D意为“the invention of anesthesia之于development of surgery,便如同the invention of the propeller之于powered flight一般重要” 虽然后者语义很合理,但是按照GMAT尊重原意的原则不是应该选A么?
htl9043 发表于 2013-8-1 17:36
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具体来说,A是怎么错误的表达了?
AS表in the same way 的例子 满OG的在飞吧……
as 表in the same way 的例子满OG飞是什么意思,和这道题有什么关系?
As表in the same way ; 是一种方式状语,它用来修饰动词,I'll behave toward them as I would like to be treated。
as essential …… as……是比较状语,后一个as修饰前边的as essential.
明白了这一点,你回头看看A中作为比较状语是否合适
参照OG13 85题:
According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
(A) like that of earlier generations
(B) as that for earlier generations
(C) just as earlier generations did
(D) as have earlier generations
(E) as it was of earlier generations
答案是E