[求助]GWD7-Q13

yidiyuehans

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.







A.
the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in



B.
the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in



C.
that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to



D.
in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in



E.
in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

正确选项好像是B

但是我觉得没有一个选项做到了与LIKE的平行的要求......

sunflower88

这道题好难啊....

静若水

不是烂选项，土地和鸟都是在消失的东西，对仗的极其工整。
Kath1986 发表于 2011-2-1 08:12

    这里的说法明显是不符合GMAT的一般习惯的，这题如果按照正常的思路应该是比较鸟的消失和土地草场的消失，消失和消失做比较，这样才是语义上最合理的。

Kath1986

stucashS解释的对，，除了B，其他选项的比较对象都是，草地（物） vs Vanishing(动作)，完全不可比，只有B， ...
dongstar 发表于 2011-1-30 15:17

    不是烂选项，土地和鸟都是在消失的东西，对仗的极其工整。

piacia

A中result of 前后因果颠倒吗？

dongstar

stucashS解释的对，，除了B，其他选项的比较对象都是，草地（物） vs Vanishing(动作)，完全不可比，只有B，稍好一点，草地 vs 鸟，算是物对物。哎，烂选项中，找个最不烂的……

tania_zhang

when it returns,由it可以判断划线部分的主语为单数。。就可以直接找到正确答案啦。。

stucashS

Like the grassy fields and old pastures: Like+N
A,the sandpipers vanishing 正在消失
C,that
D,vanishing
E,vanishing 还没有谓语


B is the best, like the grassy fields and old pasture, the bird 消失。。