2008版本 GMAT PREP 句子改正题目 原创点评
和谐
172. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Introduced by Italian merchants resident in
London during the sixteenth century, in England life
insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized
contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being
ship owners, overseas merchants, or professional moneylenders.
A. in England life insurance remained
until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between
individual underwriters and their clients, typically being
B. in England life insurance had remained
until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between
individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were
C. until the end of the seventeenth century
life insurance in England
had remained a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their
clients, typically
D. life insurance in England remained until the end of
the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and
their clients, typically
E. life insurance remained until the end of
the seventeenth century in England
a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were
1．Introduced
by…后面只能跟“life insurance”，仅留D、E开比, E尾巴更啰嗦。
179. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Unlike George Wallace in 1968 and John
Anderson in 1980, both of whom running as independent candidates, H. Ross
Perot's independent run for the presidency in 1992 arose not from an
unsuccessful effort to gain a major party nomination but from a desire to
establish a viable third party in American politics.
A. George Wallace in 1968 and John Anderson
in 1980, both of whom running as independent candidates,
B. George Wallace in 1968 and John Anderson
in 1980, each of whom ran as independent candidates,
C. George Wallace in 1968 and John Anderson
in 1980, both of which ran as an independent candidate,
D. the independent candidates, George
Wallace in 1968 and John Anderson in 1980,
E. the independent candidacies of George Wallace in 1968
and John Anderson in 1980,
主语是independent run, 因而前面不能unlike“人”, 只有E对
(D主语也是人, Prep 08中的比较点较细)
181. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
The number of people flying first class on
domestic flights rose sharply in 1990, doubling the increase of the
previous year.
A. doubling the increase of
B. doubling that of the increase in
C. double as much as the increase of
D. twice as many as the increase in
E. twice as many as the increase of
事儿发出的动作-doubling, twice之前必须指代一个数字，而这没有那个数字，因而twice…一定不对
(参考OG11版苹果的收成题)
182. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign—using Web sites, public meetings,
and also mass mailings—that have convinced the Department of Agriculture to
change the proposed federal regulations for organically grown food.
A. using Web sites, public meetings, and
also mass mailings—that have convinced
B. using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—that
has convinced
C. by using Web sites, public meetings, and
mass mailings—in convincing
D. by the use of Web sites, public
meetings, as well as mass mailings—that convinced
E. which used Web sites, public meetings,
and mass mailings—in convincing
1. 先判断宏观结构(破折号中的内容先不看),找出极傻错误 –杀A
2. as
well as 不能等同于and使用. 使用示例：A and B, as well as C. / A, B, and C. –杀D
3．杀E,
campaign后面跟which，发起者不对
4. B\C语义不同. B表示已经convince了, C表示在convincing中使用.而句中的successful表示已经成功了。 -牛
句意
173. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
The widely accepted big-bang theory holds that
the universe began in an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and has
been expanding ever since.
A. that the universe began in an explosive instant 10 to 20
billion years ago and has been expanding
B. that the universe had begun in an
explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and had been expanding
C. that the beginning of the universe was
an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago that has expanded
D. the beginning of the universe to have
been an explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago that is expanding
E. the universe to have begun in an
explosive instant 10 to 20 billion years ago and has been expanding
1．应Hold“一个事儿”，杀D\E，hold后跟的是“词”
2. 原文末尾划线外为ever
since, 因而不可用had been，杀B
3. 比A、C。 C中的动作发出者为beginning,
其不能够膨胀, that后动词的发出者不对，杀
一致性
171. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
One of the primary distinctions between
our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any
specific skill but in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context
to new and different ones.
A. between our intelligence with that of
other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but
B. between our intelligence with that of
other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill but instead
C. between our intelligence and that of other primates may
lie not so much in any specific skill as
D. our intelligence has from that of other
primates may lie not in any specific skill as
E. of our intelligence to that of other
primates may lay not in any specific skill but
So much as ，和between A and B
“固定搭配”中的两个连词都不可以替换成其他词，哪怕意思貌似一样
175. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Experts estimate that ten times as much
petroleum exists in sources like tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even in
shale than in conventional reservoirs.
A. sources like tar sands, heavy oil, and
perhaps even in shale than
B. sources like tar sands, heavy oil, and
perhaps even in shale than are
C. such sources as tar sands, heavy oil,
and perhaps even in shale as are
D. such sources as tar sands, heavy oil, and perhaps even
shale as
E. such sources as tar sands, heavy oil,
and perhaps even shale than
1. 举例不可以用Like，杀A、B
2. 划线外as much…划线内需有as, 无as的杀
3. 剩C、D开比。一致性的使用,如even后加入in, 则前面二者也需有in，干掉C
184. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-24-Q39)
Japan's abundant rainfall and the typically mild
temperatures throughout most of the country have produced a lush vegetation
cover and, despite the mountainous terrain and generally poor soils, it has
made possible the raising of a variety of crops.
A. it has made possible the raising of
B. has made it possible for them to raise
C. have made it possible to raise
D. have made it possible for raising
E. thus making it possible for them to
raise
have produced…and, 找一致 -have
made，to do 表示目的，PREP高频考法
185. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Because the budget package in Congress
promises a combination of higher taxes and reduced spending that may slow
economic growth, many in the credit markets wonder whether the Federal Reserve
will compensate and help the economy by keeping interest rates low, or
perhaps even if they push them lower.
A. by keeping interest rates low, or
perhaps even if they push
B. by its keeping interest rates low, or
perhaps even by their pushing
C. by keeping interest rates low, or perhaps even by
pushing
D. through their keeping interest rates
low, or perhaps even push
E. through their keeping interest rates
low, or perhaps it will even push
or, 前后需要一致，they/their指代错误
186. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain
but only 4 million in population, where many are members of hill tribes
ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
A. about the same as Great Britain
but only 4 million in population, where many
B. of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a
population of only 4 million, and many
C. that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos with a
population of only 4 million people, many of them
D. comparable to the size of Great Britain,
but only 4 million in population, and many
E. comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of
only 4 million people, many of whom
compare to, 前后对应一致必须是面积和面积开比。E中a land area 与 a population对称极好。
176. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
For at least two decades or more previous
to when the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was the most admired painter in Italy.
A. For at least two decades or more
previous to when the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he
was
B. For at least two decades before the Venetian artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, he had been
C. For at least two decades or more before the
Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's dying in 1770, he had been
D. When the Venetian artist Giovanni
Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, for at least two decades previously he was
E. When the Venetian artist Giovanni
Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, having been for at least two decades before that
1. For一段时间.., 应使用完成时，杀A、D
2. 干掉E，无谓语
3. B、C开比。C中at least与more句意重复, 且C中用dying意思也不对,还不如用death
177. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
In her 26 years in the forests of Gombe,
Jane Goodall collected data that proved that chimpanzees exhibit the kind of
curiosity so that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from
each one to others by imitating and practicing
A. exhibit the kind of curiosity so that
new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from each one to
others by imitating and practicing
B. will exhibit the kind of curiosity so
that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to
another by imitating and practicing
C. will exhibit the kind of curiosity so
that new patterns of behavior and expression can be passed on from one to
another by imitation and practice
D. exhibit the kind of curiosity by which new patterns of
behavior and expression can be passed on from one to another by imitation and
practice
E. exhibit the kind of curiosity where new
patterns of behavior and expression are passed on to others by imitation and
practice
1. 原文说proved
that，B\C用将来时肯定不对，干掉
2. from
each one to others，极傻 –杀A
3. D、E开比。where不可修饰curiosity,
杀E
188. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of
knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth
to adulthood, are now
drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies
acquire language.
A. Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge
over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to
adulthood, are
B. Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth
of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over
the past twenty years, and are
C. Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of
knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the
past twenty years, and are
D. Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of
knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from
birth to adulthood,
E. Neuroscientists have amassed, over the
past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development
from birth to adulthood,
1．B中末尾, and are
–杀 无对称的对象
2．由己及人 –杀C
3．D\E错误的表达了amass与draw两个动作的先后关系，不应伴随
极傻错误
178. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Last week local shrimpers held a news
conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley
turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that
turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.
A. requiring that turtle-excluder devices
be on shrimp nets protect
B. requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is
protecting
C. that require turtle-excluder devices on
shrimp nets protect
D. to require turtle-excluder devices on
shrimp nets are protecting
E. to require turtle-excluder devices on
shrimp nets is protecting
1．发出者为Compliance，单数，杀A、C、D
2．B、E比，句意不同。Law已经生效，只能用requiring
180. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Noting that the Federal Reserve had raised
a key short-term interest rate again last month, analysts said that they
expected orders for durable goods to decline soon because rising interest
rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit
A. rising interest rates makes it more
expensive to buy them on credit
B. rising interest rates make buying on credit more
expensive
C. a rise in interest rates make it more
expensive to buy on credit
D. a rise in interest rates make buying on
credit more expensive
E. a rise in interest rates makes it more
expensive for them to be bought on credit
1．选项中的主谓一致，杀A、C、D，只剩B、E
2．E wording，且其中them表示goods，而前文中发出者为orders，错用指代
189. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
She was less successful after she had
emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany,
photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless
earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were
eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.
A. She was less successful after she had
emigrated to New York
compared to
B. Being less successful after she had
emigrated to New York
as compared to
C. Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in
D. Although she was less successful after
emigrating to New York
when compared to
E. She had been less successful after
emigrating to New York
than in
1. 两个句子不可无连词而直接连写，杀A、E
2. Less 后需有than，杀B、D。。
190. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
The thirteen original British colonies in North America, some formed as commercial ventures,
others as religious havens, each had a written charter that set forth its
form of government and the rights of the colonists.
A. some formed as commercial ventures, others as religious
havens, each had a written charter
B. some being formed as a commercial
venture, others as religious havens, all of which had written charters
C. some that formed as commercial ventures,
others as religious havens, all had written charters
D. with some being formed as a commercial
venture, others as religious havens, all had a written charter
E. with some formed as commercial ventures,
while others as religious havens, each had a written charter
1． 根据划线后的its（单数），杀B、C
2． 杀D，all had a written charter，极傻
2． 比A、E。 E中with后带句子，杀
句意
191. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
The loan company announced it would soon
lend money to borrowers with proven records of their not paying back their
loans on time, collectively known as the subprime lending market.
A. of their not paying back their loans on
time,
B. of not paying back their loans on time, a group
C. of not paying back their loans on time,
with such a group
D. that they do not pay back their loans on
time,
E. that they do not pay back their loans on
time, such a group
1. 因划线外后面的所修饰的内容应为group, 因而划线处需以group结尾 –干掉A、D
2. C的逻辑关系不对，无伴随义且group
实际就是borrowers，不需用with。
3. E中逗号后的部分缺连词，干掉，选B
一致性
218. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD7-Q4)
Only seven people this century have been
killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those
killed by bee stings.
A. movies—less than those
B. movies—fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones
1． 比较题，看选项比较前后的一致性。A中使用了不可数名词的比较词less，干掉
2． B中比较的后半部分为省略形式，（fewer
than the number of people that have been..）
3． C的错误同A，干掉
4． D，数字与人比，干掉
5． E，数字与人比，干掉
222. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-1-Q34)
Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable
to the United States, their
death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.
A. people in France
consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their
B. people in France
and the United States
consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the
C. fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States's,
their
D. the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same,
the
E. the rate of people consuming fatty foods
is about the same in France
and the United States,
the
1． 比较前后需是同性质的东西，rate不可与国家比，干掉A
2． C中逗号后的their指代不清，干掉
3． D中的不能用rate来表示两个国家的不同rateS，干掉
4． E同D犯了一样的错误，且E中的rate指代的内容换掉了，变成了rate
of people，句意也不对了
224. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-12-Q13)
Although energy prices have tripled in the United States
over the last two years, research indicates few people to have significantly
reduced the amount of driving they do, nor are they making fuel efficiency
a priority when shopping for cars.
A. few people to have significantly reduced
the amount of driving they do, nor are they making
B. few people having significantly reduced
the amount of driving they do or made
C. that there are few people who have
significantly reduced the amount of driving they do, nor having made
D. that few people have significantly reduced
the amount of driving they do and are not making
E. that few people have significantly reduced the amount of
driving they do or made
1． 根据一致性，A、C中nor后面的内容与前文内容不能形成一致，
2． B的indicate后跟的是个“单词”-few
people，而不是个“事儿”，干掉
3． D、E开比，从and/or处开始不一样了。因该句子为否定句，应该用or，干掉D
226. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-3-Q1)
The four-million-year-old fossilized
skeleton known as Lucy is so small compared with many other skeletons presumed
to be of the same species, and so some paleontologists have argued that
Lucy represents a different lineage.
A. presumed to be of the same species, and
so
B. presumed to be of the same species that
C. presumed that they are of the same
species, and so
D. that they have presumed to be of the
same species, so that
E. that they have presumed are of the same
species, and
1． 划线前面有so，根据句意，后文中无that的干掉，-干掉A
2． D、E中that的位置与B中的不同，比较中读出句子想表达的意思。D、E中that的位置无法正确表达句子的意思，干掉。
3． C同理that的位置也不对，干掉
227. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-3-Q41)
In ancient Thailand, much of the local
artisans' creative energy was expended for the creation of Buddha images and
when they constructed and decorated the temples that enshrined them
A. much of the local artisans' creative
energy was expended for the creation of Buddha images and when they constructed
and decorated the temples that enshrined them
B. much of the local artisans' creative energy was expended
on the creation of Buddha images and on construction and decoration of the
temples in which they were enshrined
C. much of the local artisans' creative
energy was expended on the creation of Buddha images as well as constructing
and decoration of the temples in which they were enshrined
D. creating images of Buddha accounted for
much of the local artisans' creative energy, and also constructing and
decorating the temples enshrining them
E. the creation of Buddha images accounted
for much of the local artisans' creative energy as well as construction and
decoration of the temples that enshrined them
1． 根据句中的and找一致性，干掉A、C
2． D、E误将creative
energy与constructing and decorating并列了，并列对象有误。
（参考doctor see patient那个极品平行题学习）
228. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-8-Q2)
Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and
composer, produced a body of work both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith
and Duke Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz
repertory.
A. Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist
and composer, produced a body of work both rooted
B. Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and
composer, produced a body of work that was rooted both
C. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious
Monk, who produced a body of work rooted
D. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a
body of work that was rooted
E. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious
Monk produced a body of work rooted both
1． 看到both，找平行。发现both后只有一个in，无法形成平行关系，而有的选项无both。因而有both的全干掉。-干掉A、B、E
2． C中yet前的句子无谓语，干掉。选D
231. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(T-9-Q38)
The globalization of financial-services
companies has been a boon to money launderers, because of allowing money
placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred to a
branch in a more regulated one.
A. of allowing money placed in a bank in a
less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred
B. of allowing the transfer of money placed
in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction
C. it allows that money placed in a bank in
a less regulated jurisdiction is transferred
D. it allows the transfer of money having
been placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction
E. it allows money placed in a bank in a less regulated
jurisdiction to be transferred
1． because
of 后跟动名词形式 -allowing比较不好，应用名词形式，以减少歧义。需使用动词表达的情况下，用because 比because of要好一些，干掉A、B
2． C中的is用法不对，allow与一般现在时的is并用，句意上不通
3． D中allow后面跟的transfer，形成的句子为the
transfer…to a branch，句意不通。应该是（transfer）the money…to a branch。
235. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-9-Q1)
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean
Toomer's Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black
Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph
Ellison, author of Invisible Man
A. Black Americans—the others being Richard
Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
B. Black Americans—including Native Son by
Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
C. a Black American—including Richard
Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man
D. a Black American—the others being
Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible
Man
E. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright's
Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
1． 根据三本书的并列一致，干掉A、C、D
2． 剩下B、E开比。破折号后如果使用including的话则三本书都应该包含进去，应选E
240. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-12-Q30)
According to public health officials, in
1998 Massachusetts
became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of
thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
1． 因比较点为women的年龄，因而than后不可用born，干掉B、E
2． C、D中的they也使比较对象发生了变更，由本意-不同女人生育的年龄相比较，变成了自身年龄的比较，干掉
和谐
206. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-21-Q29)
While studying the genetic makeup of corn, a
new class of mutant genes was discovered by Barbara McClintock, a discovery
which led to greater understanding of cell differentiation.
A. a new class of mutant genes was
discovered by Barbara McClintock, a discovery which led
B. a new class of mutant genes in corn were
discovered by Barbara McClintock, leading
C. Barbara McClintock discovered a new
class of mutant genes, and it led
D. Barbara McClintock discovered a new class of mutant
genes, a discovery that led
E. Barbara McClintock, who discovered a new
class of mutant genes, leading
1． 根据句首的修饰成分，划线部分应以人开头，干掉A、B
2． C中it指代不清，干掉
3． E使句子无谓语，干掉
207. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(T-4-Q30)
Unlike the short flights of the shuttle
and earlier spacecraft, which carried sufficient power in fuel cells and
batteries, a permanently orbiting space station will have to generate its
own electricity.
A. the short flights of the shuttle and
earlier spacecraft, which carried sufficient power in fuel cells and batteries,
B. the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, with
sufficient enough power in fuel cells and batteries for their short flights,
C. the short flights of the shuttle and
earlier spacecraft, which enabled them to carry sufficient enough power in fuel
cells and batteries,
D. the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, which were capable
of carrying sufficient power in fuel cells and batteries for their short flights,
E. the flights of the shuttle and earlier
spacecraft, whose shortness allowed them to carry sufficient power in fuel
cells and batteries,
1． 根据划线外的主语“permanently orbiting space station”，划线内的比较对象应为一种/几种“space
station”。干掉A、C、E
2． B、D开比。B中with所引出的修饰成分所修饰的内容不清楚（不知是修饰前文还是后文），易形成歧义，干掉。
210. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-1-Q2)
By merging its two publishing divisions,
the company will increase their share of the country's $21 billion book
market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure
textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.
A. their share of the country's $21 billion
book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share
of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their
share of 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 of the country's
$21 billion book market, which ranges
1． 根据单复一致 （the company后面的指代应为单数），干掉A、C
2． B、D、E末尾都以which来修饰，检验which的修饰内容，应为market，选E
句意
193. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
New equipment and other improvements
reduced the amount of time—from eleven hours in 1982 to six in 1988—needed
by workers so that they could produce a ton of steel.
A. needed by workers so that they could
produce
B. needed when workers are producing
C. workers need in producing
D. workers needed to produce
E. workers need for their producing of
1. 先看宏观(破折号内的部分先不看), 找time的修饰成分 –对应前文过去时, need的时态应为过去式, 干掉B、C、E
2. 比A、D。A中用到so that，根据语义，无此目的意思，且they的用法也不好（如一件事为同一个人做的，则不需写两个句子来表达，– 多写一个代词，反而增加出错的概率）
199. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD5-Q4)
The Quechuans believed that all things participated
in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many
individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an
ichana (dream) experience.
A. contact with it directly with
B. direct contact with it by way of
C. contact with the last directly through
D. direct contact with the latter by means of
E. contact directly with the mystical level
due to
1． 划线内it无明确指代对象，易产生歧义，干掉A、B
2． C中the last用法不对，两者中的后者应用the
latter
3． Have在划线外,则contact 为名词，不能用directly修饰，干掉E
223. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-23-Q23)
After several years of rapid growth, the
health care company became one of the largest health care providers in the
metropolitan area, while it then proved unable to handle the increase in
business, falling months behind in its payment to doctors and hospitals.
A. while it then proved unable to handle
the increase in business, falling months behind in its payment to
B. while it then proved unable to handle
the increase in business and fell months behind in its payment to
C. but then it proved unable to handle the
increase in business, falling months behind in its paying
D. but then proving unable to handle the
increase in business, falling months behind in paying
E. but then proved unable to handle the increase in
business, falling months behind in paying
1． While连接的两边的对比义感觉需要比较强烈，but是一般转折义，此点看A,B稍差
2． ABC中it多余，因为前后两件事是同一个人做的（参考193题的说明）
3． D中proving用法不对，用but连接 前后应该一致
4． 另，划线尾部用in paying比in its payment to动词优先名词
237. (-!-item-!-188;#058&) (GWD-8-Q16:
GWD-13-15)
Concerns about public health led to the
construction between 1876 and 1904 of three separate sewer systems to serve metropolitan Boston.
A. Concerns about public health led to the construction
between 1876 and 1904 of three separate sewer systems to serve
B. Concerns about public health have led to
the construction of three separate sewer systems between 1876 and 1904 to serve
C. Concerns about public health have led
between 1876 and 1904 to the construction of three separate sewer systems for
serving
D. There were concerns about public health
leading to the construction between 1876 and 1904 of three separate sewer
systems serving
E. There were concerns leading between 1876
and 1904 to the construction of three separate sewer systems for serving
1．首先A、B、C开比，时态应为过去时，干掉B、另可根据between 1876 and 1904的位置来判断？ B中该时间的位置不能明确说明该时间修饰的是哪一事件（system还是construction），而C中for serving用法不好，表达目的应该是to do PREP高频考点
2．D，E选项将意思改了，变成了有一个concern，而不是concern导致XXXXX
3．E同C一样用了for
serving表达目的含义，用法错误
238. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-4-4)
A new hair-growth drug is being sold for
three times the price, per milligram, as the drug's maker charges for
another product with the same active ingredient.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which
做题时先不看插入成份per
milligram，逗号后面部分应跟three times the price，来修饰the price。A、B、D都可直接干掉。E中用at which, 因有插入语，which后的部分只能用来修饰milligram，干掉。
一致性
194. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
Whereas the honeybee’s stinger is heavily
barbed and cannot be retracted from the skin, because the yellow jacket has
a comparatively smooth stinger, it is therefore able to be pulled out and used
again.
A. because the yellow jacket has a
comparatively smooth stinger, it is therefore able to be pulled out and used
B. the comparative smoothness of the yellow
jacket’s stinger allows them to pull it out and then can therefore use it
C. the yellow jacket’s stinger is comparatively smooth, and
can therefore be pulled out and used
D. in comparison, the yellow jacket’s
stinger is smooth, and thus able to be pulled out and used
E. in comparison, the yellow jacket has a
smooth stinger, thus allowing it to be pulled out and used
1．对比题。句首whereas后跟的是the
honeybee’s stinger，则逗号后应紧跟另一个stinger。且不能用in comparison，因为in comparison与whereas的意思重复，只有C对
211. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-8-Q39)
Whereas in mammals the tiny tubes that
convey nutrients to bone cells are arrayed in parallel lines, in birds the
tubes form a random pattern.
A. Whereas in mammals the tiny tubes that convey nutrients
to bone cells are arrayed in parallel lines, in birds the tubes
B. Whereas the tiny tubes for the conveying
of nutrients to bone cells are arrayed in mammals in parallel lines, birds have
tubes that
C. Unlike mammals, where the tiny tubes for
conveying nutrients to bone cells are arrayed in parallel lines, birds’ tubes
D. Unlike mammals, in whom the tiny tubes
that convey nutrients to bone cells are arrayed in parallel lines, the tubes in
birds
E. Unlike the tiny tubes that convey
nutrients to bone cells, which in mammals are arrayed in parallel lines, in
birds the tubes
1．对比题。Whereas 对比的前后两部分应形成很好的一致- in mammals the tiny tubes对应 in birds
the tubes。而B、C、D、E中均无法构成一致
195. (-!-item-!-188;#058&)
(GWD-7-Q13)
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
Like构成的对比题。对比的前后两部分也应形成很好的一致。Like的内容为the grassy fields and old pastures，则后面也应起码是个“东西”。只有AB中，the bird itself符合要求。
（应注意A中的对比部分应为“the sandpipers vanishing”，即鸟消失这件事儿。C中用了that，破坏了对比结构。D、E，以in the northeastern United States隔开，也破坏了严谨的对比关系。且D、E中的in the northeastern United States并不能明确是修饰前文还是后文，产生歧义。）