求教GWD的一题

lavenderwu

Unlike mainstream American businesses, more than half of which fail, the failure rate for businesses in the Amish community hovers around 5 percent.

A.Unlike mainstream American businesses, more than half of which fail
B.Unlike mainstream American businesses, in which the failure rate is more than half
C.Unlike mainstream American businesses, where more than half of them fail
D.While the rate of mainstream American businesses failing is more than half
E.While more than half of mainstream American businesses fail
为什么D不正确？正确答案选E

SharonZ0902

这题就涉及GMAT常考的noun of +verbing这个结构表达的模糊性
这题通过句意，要强调的是美国企业失败的个例已经超过了一半

看看D和E的split


虽然两者的主谓宾一样，但是表达的侧重点不一样

在D选项，强调的是the rate of American business failing这个主语is more than half
E选项强调的是fail这个动作


你通过句意要知道这个句子想要强调的是fail这个动作，就是句意表达的核心是action，not a noun


所以在这种情况下，noun of verbing一定是必错的（因为一定会有选项出来，把这个选项改成：S +VERB)

lavenderwu

句意。。好吧，我试着接受，那么再接着问一个题
Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.

A.Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.
B.Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.
C.Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.
D.Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.
E.Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
这题我选的B 答案是E ，也是句意判断吗，我觉得B很OK呢

honeybee316

LS这道题，我觉得是考察了句子表达的简洁性。

B选项，Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth
主语太长了，而且出现了两个of结构，redundancy。相比而言，E简洁很多

SC答案是比出来的，我们只选择最优的，很多题目里面都没有绝对的对与错

cindytaurus

同意楼上，补充一点：
B中appeared表示过去，可以还是有生物还在存在，所以have appeared更好。。。
ps:感觉这道题考的蛮偏的。。。