alice2292

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以下是引用smallzhang在2008-8-26 13:52:00的发言：

10月中旬就是deadline啦，不得不抓紧啊。

感觉essay比gmat更让人头疼，不是hard work就能解决的。

阿 我现在考试 要上明年夏天的还来不及了阿 我晕 [em06]

essay我到时候准备找专业服务公司的人帮忙 好像他们可以直接写定稿 几千块包拿到offer 我自己弄我肯定弄不来

alice2292

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以下是引用AJingJing在2008-8-26 14:05:00的发言：

宝宝大了准是个美女

呼唤美女妈妈的照片 [em05]

等我考到760再说

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alice2292

Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large.
(A) to survive
(B) of firms to survive
(C) for surviving
(D) for survival
(E) for firms’ survival

 

 

 

 

（B）
demand与 require的用法
表示要求，命令：demanded to do sth/ require sb. (不可少) to do sth/ demand of sb. to do sth
She demanded to see the manager.
误：They demanded her to go with them.
正：They demanded of her to go with them.

require 表示“需要”时，其后可接动名词
The room requires cleaning [to be cleaned].

require 有时也这样用，但更多是其被动语态后接 of sb。be required of sb.
I have done everything that was required of me. 一切要我做的事情我都已经龊昧恕?lt;/p>

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1.        Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an undesirable one, they are much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and fakes.
(A) much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and
(B) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art from
(C) much less expert when it comes to distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art from
(D) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and
(E) far less the expert when it comes to distinguishing between good painting, poor ones, authentic art, and

 

 

 

 

 

答案B

2.        In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.
(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease

 

 

 

 

 

答案C

Distinguish A from B      A和B同属于一大类, 用不同的形容词修饰

 distinguish between A and B& P2 ^4 @) a和b是独立的。

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It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater, but at present this process is prohibitively expensive.
（A）It may someday be worthwhile to try to recover uranium from seawater
（B）Someday, it may be worthwhile to try and recover uranium from seawater
（C）Trying to recover uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
（D）To try for the recovery of uranium out of seawater may someday be worthwhile
（E）Recovering uranium from seawater may be worthwhile to try to do someday

 

 

 

 

A. 介词短语，动名词短语做主语太长

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On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.

A. On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold

B. With a law passed in 1993 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold.

C. A law passd in 1993 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding.

D. Because of a law passed in 1993 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold

E. Due to a law being passed in 1993 that makes it a crime punishablel by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold

 

 

 

 

on account of,由于. He driven very slowly, on account of fog.

介词短语n account of, because of, despite (in despite of), as a result of之后只跟简单的名词短语。若其后面跟的是动名词或名词所有格+动名词短语(sb’s doing),或名词短语之后用一复杂的现在分词来修饰时,应改为与其相同意义的连词because, although等引导的从句形式。

答案B

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Some scientists contend that many species of dinosaur had a metabolism more like a warm-blooded mammal’s than a cold-blooded reptile’s.

1. that many species of dinosaur had a metabolism more like
2. that the metabolism of many dinosaur species were more like
3. that the metabolisms of many species of dinosaurs were more like those of
4. there were many species of dinosaurs that had metabolisms more like those of
5. there were many dinosaur species that had a metabolism more like that of

 

 

答案是A.

 

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Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the art of Ndebele women, whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house.

(A) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house

(B) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses

(C) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house

(D) with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses

(E) with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses

 

 

 

 

答案是A。

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Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require

 

A: rather than burning calories to generate it

B: rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories

C: and not from generating it by burning calories

D: instead of by burning calories for generating it

E: instead of body heat generated by burning calories

 

 

 

body heat directly from the Sun 和body heat generated by burning calories平行

答案选E.

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alice2292

Never before had taxpayers confronted so many changes at once as they had in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
 

(A) so many changes at once as they had in

(B) at once as many changes as

(C) at once as many changes that there were with

(D) as many changes at once as they confronted in

(E) so many changes at once that confronted them in

 

 

 

答案是D. 

表示双方情况"不（那么）一样"，用 not so/as ... as的结构。

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In some species of cricket, the number of chirps per minute used by the male for attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and they can in fact serve as an approximate thermometer.

(A) for attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and they can in fact serve

(B) for attracting females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, which can in fact serve

(C) in attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, in fact possibly serving

(D) to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can in fact serve

(E) to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, in fact possibly serving

 

 

 

 

 

答案是D.

第一：E的逻辑意思不对，如果是用分词表示前面一段话对后面造成的影响（or表目的或结果的含义）是说不通的。
第二：答案一般要和原文保持一致，原文中的“can”是情态动词，很重要啊，不能添加和丢失

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Because Miranda, the smallest moon of Uranus, has a large number of different surface features, including craters, mountains, valleys, and fractures, some astronomers suggest that at one time repeated impacts broke the surface apart, and after which the fragments were subsequently rejoined becaust of mutual gravitational attraction.

A. repeated impacts broke the surface apart, and after which the fragments were subsequently rejoined becaust of

B.repeated impacts on the surface broke it apart, after which the fragments having rejoined with

C.through repeated impacts that the surface broke apart, after which the fragments subsequently rejoined by.

D.the surface broke apart with repeated impacts, after which the fragments having rejoined through.

E.the surface broke apart as a result of repeated impacts , after which the fragments rejoined through.

 

 

 

 

OA: E

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to place restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying that the move will exacerbate the nation’s fuel supply problems.

A.      on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying
B.     on both diesel fuel and engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and they say
C.     on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, which says
D.     both on diesel fuel and engines has sparked the oil industry to a counterattack, saying
E.     both on diesel fuel and diesel engines have sparked the oil industry to counterattack, and it says

 

 

 

 

 

 答案是Ｃ

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Both the Federal Reserve’s decision that borrowing rates be raised, along with investor’s speculation that another increase might be on the way, helped bolster the dollar in recent weeks by making deposits more attractive.

 

1. that borrowing rates be raised, along with investor’s speculation that another increase might be on the way, helped bolster the dollar in recent weeks by making

2. that borrowing rates be raised and investors’ speculation of possibly another increase on the way helped to bolster the dollar in recent weeks because they made

3. to raise borrowing rates and investors’ speculation that another increase might be on the way helped to bolster the dollar in recent weeks by making

4. to raise borrowing rates, along with investors’ speculation that another increase might be on the way, helped bolster the dollar in recent weeks because it made

5. to raise borrowing rates and investors’ speculation of possibly another increase on the way helped bolster the dollar in recent weeks because they made

 

 

 

 

OA：C

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89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

(A)  there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(B)  there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(C)  there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were

(D)  every thirty-two pupils now have one micro­computer, four times as many than there were

(E)   every thirty-two pupils now has one microcom­puter, four times as many as

 

Choices A, B, and C appropriately use the construction "one X for every thirty-two Y's" to describe the ratio of computers to pupils, but only C, the best answer, is error-free. In A, are does not agree with the subject, one microcomputer; furthermore, in A, B, and D, than is used where as is required. Choices D and E reorder and garble the "one X ..." construction, making four times as many refer illogically to pupils.

 

 

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For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.

 

1. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
2. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
3. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
4. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
5. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters

 

 

 

答案D

 

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smallzhang

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以下是引用alice2292在2008-8-26 15:17:00的发言：

阿 我现在考试 要上明年夏天的还来不及了阿 我晕 [em06]

essay我到时候准备找专业服务公司的人帮忙 好像他们可以直接写定稿 几千块包拿到offer 我自己弄我肯定弄不来

来的及. 我申请的是第一轮, 第二轮的deadline要到1、2月份呢

pretenderhus

方法不错,向美女妈妈学习

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zhuankan

加油,坚持就是胜利!

bettyofarim

我的目标也是760,一起努力!!

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alice2292

刚才统计了下紫皮书，阅读错1/4，逻辑错1/4，语法错1/3。 比黄皮的错得多阿。加油加油

angelzheners

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以下是引用alice2292在2008-8-27 12:40:00的发言：

刚才统计了下紫皮书，阅读错1/4，逻辑错1/4，语法错1/3。 比黄皮的错得多阿。加油加油

出现起伏也是很正常的

hold on!