GMAT精讲精练班语法笔记（三）

　　GMAT精讲精练班语法笔记（三）

　　Practice1-10

　　10. To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.

　　A.have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic

　　B.have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical

　　C.would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical

　　D.would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic

　　E.would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economical

　　economic 经济的

　　economical 节约的

　　比较考点：

　　1. 谁和谁比

　　2. 比什么

　　比较中省略的原则：

　　相同部分可以省，不同的部分一定不能省。省略之后句子意思不能有歧义。

　　Practice1-11

　　11. Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

　　A.people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their

　　B.people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the

　　C.fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States’s, their

　　D.the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the

　　E.the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the

　　主从复合句：

　　从句主语优先找主句主语;

　　主句主语优先找从句主语。

　　在宾语位置，往前找。

　　主从复合句不要求主句主语和从句主语有对等关系，逻辑意思由从属连词决定。

　　Practice1-12

　　12. Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

　　A.that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of

　　B.that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double

　　C.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled

　　D.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that of

　　E.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

　　more than 大于

　　double vt，使…翻一番

　　Practice1-13

　　13. Leaching, the recovery of copper from the drainage water of mines, as a method of the extraction of minerals, it was well established as early as the eighteenth century, but until about 25 years ago miners did not realize that bacteria take an active part in the process.

　　A.as a method of the extraction of minerals, it was well established

　　B.as a method of the extraction of minerals well established

　　C.was a well-established method of mineral extraction

　　D.was a well-established method of extracting mineral that was

　　E.had been a method of mineral extraction, well established

　　Practice1-14

　　14. Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.

　　A.is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,

　　B.is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,

　　C.so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else

　　D.reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or

　　E.reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did

　　so … that … so接形容词 如此…以致…

　　such … that … such接名词 如此 … 一致 …

　　such that 以致于

　　A is such that …

　　so that 为了或期待的结果

　　错： so … such that

　　错： such … so that

　　并列句后半句的系动词可以省

　　Practice1-15

　　15. Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,” the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.

　　A.may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level

　　B.may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level

　　C.may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising

　　D.include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising

　　E.include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level

　　possible和may语义重复

　　平行关系：结构和逻辑意思，意思优先

　　Practice1-16

　　data是复数词，单数形式datum

　　report A as having done不符合习惯用语

　　having done在标准书面英文中只做状语，和谓语动词动作形成先后关系。

　　Practice1-16

　　16. Data gathered by weather satellites has been analyzed by scientists, reporting that the Earth’s northern latitudes have become about ten percent greener since 1980, due to more vigorous plant growth associated with warmer temperatures and higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

　　A.Data gathered by weather satellites has been analyzed by scientists, reporting that the Earth’s northern latitudes have

　　B.Data gathered by weather satellites has been analyzed by scientists, and they report the Earth’s northern latitudes as having

　　C.After analyzing data gathered by weather satellites, scientists report that the Earth’s northern latitudes have

　　D.After analysis of data, gathered by weather satellites, scientists report the Earth’s northern latitudes as having

　　E.After data gathered by weather satellites was analyzed by scientists, who report that the Earth’s northern latitudes have

　　data是复数词，单数形式datum

　　report A as having done不符合习惯用语

　　having done在标准书面英文中只做状语，和谓语动词动作形成先后关系。