Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in*
in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
Like the grassy fields
and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and
nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas,
the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a
result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
GMAT中比较的最高要求是逻辑一致，其次才是格式或形式一致。这题中，一开始用like引出比较的一方面对象grassy fields and old pastures，都是名词. 然后看各个选项比较的对象： - 选项D和E比较的对象是sandpipers’ vanishing。即把两个名词事物和一个动作性的doing比较，显然逻辑错误。 - 选项C，比较对象是that引导的从句，显然逻辑和形式都不一致。 - 只有选项A和B比较的对象是sandpipers。
再看A和B。
A. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in 这句话的意思翻译过来就是：消失在美国东北部的sandpipe是由于...的结果。 结合前半句，并除掉修饰性的成分，句子的主干成了： "like grassy fields and old pastures, sandpipe is a result of ...“可以发现句子根本没有说like的内容是什么。
再看B。 B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
结合前半句变成了，并除掉修饰性的成分，句子的主干成了：
"like grassy fields and old pastures, sandpipe is vanishing as a result of ...“可以发现句子内容很清晰，即grassy fields 和old pastures跟sandpipe相似点都是is vanishing，且原因都是...。
