pre07第40题怎么做啊？

rainygo

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According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much

that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively

few founding members.

(A) the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being

bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria

(B) the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not as much their being bred for

looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much

(C) it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog that they are being

bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much

(D) it is not so much that the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is their being bred

for looks or meeting other narrow criteria so much

(E) it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog to be bred for looks or

to meet other narrow criteria

答案是选A，看了解释还是觉得不理解。 有没有人详细说明下为什么选A呀？  

云游

原句意思， Genetic irregularities的原因不是(出于某些目的的培养)而是（基因基准数太少）
原句的意思通过平行结构”The cause is not so much that...as that....“可以更好的表现出来。

Obvious Error: Parallelism
BCD: not so/as much（缺少that）... as/so much that..都破坏了平行

Obivious Error: Meaning
CDE都是强调句，改变了intended meaning。

Subtle error:  Pronoun reference.
B,C,D中they/their既可以指代inregularities又可以指代breeds

Subtle error: for doing 和to do的区别
for doing 表示功能作用： dogs are bred for meeting criteria培养为成达到某标准（的工具），显然不合逻辑意思。
to do 表示目的：dogs are bred to meet the criteria (培养使达到某标准)，逻辑意思合理。
排除BCD.

Subtle error: inconcise/wordy
BCE中one's doing显得是分awkward
E中to meet criteria 结构上和to be bred平行，而逻辑上又和breding平行，给读者造成很大的理解困难。

以上是目所能及的错误，回看选项只有A用最合理的结构表达出了做着确切的意思。

rainygo

我就选成了E。 谢谢大牛啊！

ashlyzhu

云游 发表于 2013-9-28 11:37
原句意思， Genetic irregularities的原因不是(出于某些目的的培养)而是（基因基准数太少）
原句的意思通过 ...

are being bred for looks or to meet....中的being岂不是表示正在？？

云游

ashlyzhu 发表于 2013-9-28 12:59
are being bred for looks or to meet....中的being岂不是表示正在？？

关于Being谈一下个人的看法:
首先，GMAT中being只在一种情况下可以作为排除的split,那就是being something(identity/characteristic)。比如，being a lawyer或者being a businessman. 而在这里，看到四个选项都有being的出现，首先可以确定的是being肯定是一个正确用法。不然通过这么一个split就能做出题目，GMAC岂不太傻了。

然后从语义上看，其实任何Ving的词的重点都在强调动作的过程。
到底expert认为，造成genetic irregularities的原因是dogs are bred (某个事实) 还是dogs are being bred(某个动作)

仔细想想看，我觉得是应该更是个过程。说其”are being bred “的时候，我的脑海中浮现的是一副非常丰富的场景，其中科学家们为了达到某些表中，进行着各种实验，忙碌着从事着各项努力，然后有各种品种的狗狗...正是这各种各样的action最后造成了irregularities.

在多说几句，关于要不要用being其实很多还是与语义先关。我试着举个例子（不对可以讨论）
She missed her ex boyfriend because he treated her very well.  她想她的前男友，因为他曾待她很好。
She missed her ex boyfriend because he was treating her very well. 她想她的前男友，因为他曾好好地待过她。 这里我们肯定会联想起一幅幅的画面，他是怎样关心照顾她的。但是用treated的时候，就表现不出这一层的意思了。

总之，我觉得are being的表达没有问题。同时其实其他选项中都有很多比are being更明显的错误。

ashlyzhu

云游 发表于 2013-9-28 16:20
关于Being谈一下个人的看法:
首先，GMAT中being只在一种情况下可以作为排除的split,那就是being somethin ...

恩。。thankyou

loveeyore

云游 发表于 2013-9-28 16:20
关于Being谈一下个人的看法:
首先，GMAT中being只在一种情况下可以作为排除的split,那就是being somethin ...

同意！               

Cynth1aC

我已经知道dogs are being bred属于ron提到的作为被动语态一部分。
但是我还是不明白dogs are bred和dogs are being bred有什么区别。

我在beat the GMAT上看到 lunarpower讲的很好，贴上来：

e.g.
the sun comes up in the east. --> this happens every single day, and isn't going to step happening anytime soon. if you wanted to tell someone how to tell which direction is east, you'd use this sentence.

the sun is coming up in the east. --> this means that the sun is coming up RIGHT NOW as you are narrating the sentence.

希望对大家有帮助~
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