GWD TN-1GWD1-Q2:By mergingits two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of thecountry’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a marketranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.
A. their share of the country’s $21 billionbook market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share ofthe $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their shareof the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
D. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent,of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share ofthe country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges
原答案B
应该选E
PREP08原题
GWD-TN-5GWD7-Q40:SinceFebruary, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate targetfive times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts havebeen predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.
A. because of the economy’s continued strength,analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B. with the economy’s strength continuing,analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C. because the economy continues strong,analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D. due to the economy’s continued strength,analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
E. due to the fact of the economy’s continuedstrength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will
原答案C
应该选A
PREP08原题
GWD-TN-6GWD-8-Q41: When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity inthe late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today thereare less than one-quarter that many.
A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of thatamount
D. the number is less than one-quarter theamount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount
原答案C
应该选B
PREP08原题
GWD-TN-9GWD-12-Q19:Heavycommitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has workedwell in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble ormisinterpret them when they do appear.
A. Heavy commitment by an executive to a courseof action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely tomiss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
B. An executive who is heavily committed to acourse of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signsof incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.
C. An executive who is heavily committed to acourse of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient troublewhen they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.
D. Executives’ being heavily committed to acourse of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes themlikely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they doappear.
E. Being heavily committed to a course of action,especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executivemiss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
原答案C
应该选E
OG12原题
GWN-TN-10GWD-24-41. In California, a lack of genetic variation in theArgentine ant has allowed the species to spread widely; due to their beingso genetically similar to one another, the ants consider all their fellows tobe a close relative and thus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolonystruggles that limits the spread of this species in its native Argentina.
A. due to their being so genetically similar toone another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative andthus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits
B. due to its being so genetically similar theant considers all its fellows to be a close relative and thus does not engagein the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limit
C. because it is so genetically similar, theant considers all its fellows to be close relatives and thus does not engage inthe kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits
D. because they are so genetically similar toone another, the ants consider all their fellows to be close relatives and thusdo not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limit
E. because of being so genetically similar toone another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative andthus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits
原答案C
应该选D
kind of =rather; somewhat 修饰fierce
that定语从句修饰struggles，所以应该用limit而不是limits
未划线部分最后的its指代thisspecies，因为species单数的时候和复数的时候是不变化的，前面有this来限定就肯定species是单数的，所以its有所指且指代清晰准确
C选项还有一个问题——”it is so similar”，这里similar用的太奇葩，应该这么用A is similar to B，直接Ais similar，那么similar towhat？不符合习惯用法
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