138. It can be inferred fromthe passage that the "easy
conclusion" mentioned-in line 58 isbased on which the following assumptions? (A)People who migrate from rural areas to large cities usually do so for economicreasons.
(B) Most people who leave rural are as to take join cities return torural areas as soon as it is financially possible for them to do so.
(C) People with rural backgrounds are less likely succeed economicallyin cities than are those with urban backgrounds.
(D) Most people who were once skilled workers a not willing to work asunskilled workers.
(E) People who migrate from their birthplaces to other regions of acountry seldom undertake second migration.作者: cynthia129 时间: 2013-5-28 18:42
139. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) support an alternative to an accepted
methodology
(B) present evidence that resolves a contradiction
(0 introduce a recently discovered source of
information
(D) challenge a widely accepted explanation
(E) argue that a discarded theory deserves new
attention
这个我也没动~我选择的B作者: cynthia129 时间: 2013-5-29 06:30
我又看了一眼，我觉得可能是因为：
Thus, a move north
would be seen as advantageous to a group that was
already urbanized and steadily employed, and the
easy conclusion tying their subsequent economic
problems in the North to their rural background
(60) comes into question.
这句话是平行结构， ａ ｍｏｖｅ ｎｏｒｔｈ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｓｅｅｎ ａｓ：advantageous
２ ｔｈｅ ｅａｓｙ ｃｏｎｃｌｕｓｉｏｎ
然后呢，ｔｈｅ ｅａｓｙ ｃｏｎｃｌｕｓｉｏｎ后面加的是定语，easy conclusion （ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｓ） tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background (60) comes into question.作者: cynthia129 时间: 2013-5-29 18:50
我又看了一眼，我觉得可能是因为：
Thus, a move north would be seen as advantageous to a group that was already urbanized and steadily employed, and the easy conclusion tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background (60) comes into question.
注意：the easy conclusion不是主语，应为如果tying是直接谓语的话，应该是tyings.所以，tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background (60) comes into question.”只是“the easy conclusion” 的定语从句。这样的话，“the easy conclusion tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background (60) comes into question.”就不是一个句子，而是一个名词了。所以，the easy conclusion不应该指代“a move north would be seen as advantageous to a group that was already urbanized and steadily employed”。
由此看来：
这句话是平行结构， ａ ｍｏｖｅ ｎｏｒｔｈ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｓｅｅｎ ａｓ：（１）advantageous
（２）the easy conclusion
然后呢，the easy conclusion后面加的是定语，easy conclusion （ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｓ） tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background (60) comes into question.作者: cynthia129 时间: 2013-5-29 18:53
所以这道题不能选A
然后呢~the conclusion 究竟指的什么涅？
请看前文“This assumption has led to
the conclusion that the migrants' subsequent lack
of economic mobility in the North is tied to rural
background, a background that implies unfamiliarity
(20) with urban living and a lack of industrial skills.”作者: lisney 时间: 2013-5-30 06:34
这个easy conclusion 指的是第一段最后一句说的内容，“the conclusion that the migrants’ subsequent lack of economic mobility in the North is tied to rural background, a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills”.大意是说：农村人没法在城市里混，理由是他们不熟悉城市生活和缺乏工业技能。
如果说“easy conclusion”是指“the conclusion that the migrants’ subsequent lack of economic mobility in the North is tied to rural background, a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills”.，然而题目中问的是这个conclusion 是基于哪个assumption，而(C) “People with rural backgrounds are less likely succeed economicallyin cities than are those with urban backgrounds.”好像是对这个conclusion的概括解释吧？注意题目中问的是，这个conclusion是基于哪个assumption，而C的解答等于是把conclusion重复一遍。是我理解有错，还是因为这个事gmat的出题风格而我的思路和gmac不一致呢？作者: yujunchening 时间: 2013-5-31 06:31
