标题: [讨论]新PREP1-174 [打印本页]
作者: zhangluE 时间: 2010-8-2 06:56 标题: [讨论]新PREP1-174
174.
Often major economic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the financial markets.
A. so gradual as to be indistinguishable
B. so gradual so that they can be indistinguishable
C. so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
D. gradual enough not to be distinguishable
E. gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
答案是A
C是不是错在了表达复杂？
因为A项的 so ... as to 不存在主语不一致的问题？
作者: MarilynR 时间: 2010-8-2 19:50
be able/unable to be done错，不能用被动
作者: zhangluE 时间: 2010-8-3 06:33
恍然大悟。。感谢楼上
作者: natalietong 时间: 2010-8-4 06:41
OG 11 SC94中的D选项中的 are be able to be trained同理错误，要被更简洁的can代替，修改为 can be trained。
作者: rosswye 时间: 2010-8-4 20:34
A. so gradual as to be indistinguishable
Generally in Idiom "X...so ...as to be Y", Y refers to X, Which is true in this case. So its not ambiguous. I did not find any other problem so i moved forward.
B. so gradual so that they can be indistinguishable
So...so that.... : Incorrect Idiom : OUT
C. so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
i found "be" is not required here, If it were 'so gradual that they are unable to distinguish", I would have choosen this, as it is more clear, But again Here it seems like economic shifts are doing some kind of action. Which is awkward.
editor: no. "they are unable to distinguish" is wrong for at least two MAJOR reasons.
first, it would mean that the economic shifts themselves are able to distinguish between things. this is clearly not the meaning of the sentence, nor is it at all reasonable.
second, you'd be left with just "distinguish from X", which is unidiomatic.
D. gradual enough not to be distinguishable
Correct idiom : enough..to.., usage is right here but "not to be distinguishable" is more wordy than indistinguishable. But still I will keep this in my pocket.
editor: i'm not sure whether "enough not to..." is idiomatic. see below.
E. gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
Incorrect Idiom : enough...to ?, so Out.
Out of A and D, I found A is more clear, using less Pronoun/Noun than D.
So I choose A.
---get from gmatmanhattan
作者: YINDAPENG 时间: 2010-8-6 06:43
楼上的经典！
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