OG(10th) SC 49 疑问

Jarod

The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus,
which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant planet

(A) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting
(B) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit
(C) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known in orbit around
(D) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting
(E) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit

“The pronoun which should be used to refer to a previously mentioned noun, not to the idea expressed in an entire clause. In A, C, and E, which seems to refer to a vague concept involving the detection of moons, but there is no specific noun, such as detection, to which it can refer. ”

GMAT的语法怎么规定which不能指代前句内容？ 按照标准语法所说， as/which都可指代整句的内容；

另外， OG的答案以及解释都是谁给出的？ 有权威性吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-8 13:51:20编辑过]

whitecloud

which不能指代前面整句话的内容，这在GMAT考试里是铁定的规则，与我们以前学的语法是有区别的。不按规则走，就会丢分。

OG的解释是GMAT出题委员会给出的，权威的、不容置疑的。

Jarod

Roger that!

Jarod

81. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income;
and forty-four percent in 1984.

(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984

OG的答案是B,  经常接触英语的朋友不难发现， 英语中， 即使是正式的官方报告中，C的形式更普遍； 感觉GMAT类似的题目很无聊！

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-8 17:12:57编辑过]

creativity

QUOTE:

以下是引用Jarod在2006-8-8 17:07:00的发言：

81. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income;
and forty-four percent in 1984.

(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984

OG的答案是B,  经常接触英语的朋友不难发现， 英语中， 即使是正式的官方报告中，C的形式更普遍； 感觉GMAT类似的题目很无聊！

呵呵，没有办法。既然要加入这个游戏，就得按人家的规则玩。

 

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