GMAT语法比较练习题_GMAT

GMAT语法比较练习题一、GMAT语法比较练习题（一）

　　10.A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.

　　(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago

　　(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago

　　(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago

　　(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago

　　the key:C

　　比较考点——比较对象

　　the construction industry's economic health is much more robust than it was five years ago

　　22.A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

　　(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

　　(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

　　(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were

　　(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

　　the key:C。

　　比较考点——比较对象

　　there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were four years ago

　　32.A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture showed that if calves exercise and associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do those raised in confinement.

　　(A) associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do

　　(B) associated with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight quicker than

　　(D) associate with other calves, they have required less medication and will gain weight more quickly than do

　　(E) associate with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight more quickly than

　　the key:E

　　比较考点——do

　　gemj:这个句子之所以不补出，而且THAN的前面虽然有宾语，但是双重动宾结构。从语法上、逻辑上都不会产生those raised in confinement与weight或medication相比较的嫌疑。当然，就这个例子来说，如果补出，并不算多余。这才是补与不补均可的情况吧。

　　34.A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

　　(A) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than

　　(B) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more than

　　(D) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than

　　(E) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous than

　　the key:D

　　比较考点——比较对象

　　the density——one wolf for every 39 square miles

　　35.According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

　　(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to

　　(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than

　　(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to

　　(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to

　　(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than

　　the key:A

　　比较考点——比较对象

　　to appearance——to health

　　38.According to a recent study, the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them.

　　(A) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as

　　(B) the elderly in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them

　　(D) it is four times more likely for the elderly in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are

　　(E) it is four times as likely that the elderly in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are

　　the key:C。

　　比较考点: 倍数+more likelly to do------+than to do

二、GMAT语法比较练习题（二）

　　42.According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

　　(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

　　(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

　　(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice

　　(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

　　the key: C

　　比较考点：倍数+as +adj./adv.+as

　　71.Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fixed size at maturity, and the variations in life spans among different species are far greater as that among individuals from the same species: a fruit fly is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150.

　　(A) among different species are far greater as that among individuals from

　　(B) among different species are far greater than that among individuals from

　　(D) between different species are far more than that between individuals of

　　(E) between different species are greater by far than is that between individuals from

　　the key:C

　　比较考点——比较对象

　　variations in life spans among different species——those among individuals of the same species

　　82.Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

　　(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

　　(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.

　　(C) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

　　(D) Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

　　(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

　　the key:C。

　　比较考点：as----as; more---than-----

　　90.Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.

　　(A) they had in their previous campaigns

　　(B) their previous campaigns had had

　　(D) in their previous campaigns

　　(E) for any previous campaign

　　the key:E。

　　比较考点：介词短语在比较句中的运用

　　113.Analysts blamed May’s sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

　　(A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed

　　(B) which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing

　　(D) being colder and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing

　　(E) having been colder and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed

　　the key:B

　　比较考点：固定用法:than usual/necessary

　　156.Balding is much more common among White males than males of other races.

　　(A) than

　　(B) than among

　　(D) compared to

　　(E) in comparison with

　　the key:B

　　比较考点：比较对象。among White males than among males of other races

三、GMAT语法比较练习题（三）

　　164.Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.

　　(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel

　　(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do

　　(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel

　　(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

　　the key:E

　　比较考点：比较对象。vehicles——those burning gasoline or diesel fuel

　　168.Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

　　(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

　　(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

　　(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West

　　(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

　　(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

　　the key:D

　　比较考点：比较对象

　　177.Bihar is India’s poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower than in the most impoverished countries of the world.

　　(A) lower than in

　　(B) lower than that of

　　(D) which is lower than in

　　(E) which is lower than it is in

　　the key: B

　　200-400

　　205.Certain pesticides can become ineffective if used repeatedly in the same place; one reason is suggested by the finding that there are much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than in soils that are free of such chemicals.

　　(A) Certain pesticides can become ineffective if used repeatedly in the same place; one reason is suggested by the finding that there are much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than in soils that are free of such chemicals.

　　(B) If used repeatedly in the same place, one reason that certain pesticides can become ineffective is suggested by the finding that there are much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than in soils that are free of such chemicals.

　　(C) If used repeatedly in the same place, one reason certain pesticides can become ineffective is suggested by the finding that much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes are found in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than those that are free of such chemicals.

　　(D) The finding that there are much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than in soils that are free of such chemicals is suggestive of one reason, if used repeatedly in the same place, certain pesticides can become ineffective.

　　(E) The finding of much larger populations of pesticide-degrading microbes in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use than in those that are free of such chemicals suggests one reason certain pesticides can become ineffective if used repeatedly in the same place.

　　the key: A

　　比较考点：比较对象

　　in soils with a relatively long history of pesticide use ——in soils that are free of such chemicals

　　250.Domestic automobile manufacturers have invested millions of dollars into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road.

　　(A) into research to develop cars more gasoline-efficient even than presently on the road

　　(B) into research for developing even more gasoline-efficient cars on the road than at present

　　(D) in research to develop cars even more gasoline-efficient than those at present on the road

　　(E) in research for developing cars that are even more gasoline-efficient than presently on the road

　　the key:D

　　比较考点——比较对象：cars ——those at present on the road

　　261.During the 1980s it became clear that soliciting private funds was far more efficient for environmentalists who sought financial aid than to go to state or federal agencies.

　　(A) that soliciting private funds was far more efficient for environmentalists who sought financial aid

　　(B) that for environmentalists who sought financial aid, it was far more efficient to solicit private funds

　　(D) for environmentalists seeking financial aid, going to private organizations was far more efficient

　　(E) for environmentalists who sought financial aid, private organizations were far more efficient

　　the key:B。

　　比较考点：比较对象。to solicit private funds——to go to state or federal agencies

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