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 作者: SharonZ0902 时间: 2013-1-2 07:02
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)作者: lavenderwu 时间: 2013-1-3 02:46
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呢作者: honeybee316 时间: 2013-1-3 21:28
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
