[外语类试卷]GMAT（VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷20及答案与解析.doc

1、GMAT（ VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷 20及答案与解析 1 From 1965 on, Yugoslavias standard of living has soared, but unemployment and prices too. （ A） but unemployment and prices too （ B） and also unemployment and prices （ C） but so have unemployment and prices （ D） and so also unemployment and prices （ E） but so did unem

2、ployment and prices 2 A prolific architect who worked from the turn of the century until the late 1950s, Julia Morgan designed nearly 800 buildings in California, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon. （ A） Julia Morgan designed nearly 800 buildings in Califor

3、nia, perhaps most notably William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon. （ B） Perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan was William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon. （ C） Of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed b

4、y Julia Morgan, perhaps the most notable was William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon. （ D） Nearly 800 buildings in California were designed by Julia Morgan, of which William Randolph Hearsts monumental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable （ E） William Randolph Hearsts mo

5、numental estate at San Simeon is perhaps the most notable of the nearly 800 buildings in California designed by Julia Morgan 3 The airline industry is cutting its lowest discount fares more widely, more substantially, and earlier this year than it normally does at the end of the summer, a time durin

6、g which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of passengers. （ A） during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of （ B） during which travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use some lower

7、fares for the attraction of （ C） in which travel usually decreases and in which the industry therefor uses some lower fares attracting （ D） when travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares to attract （ E） when travel usually decreases and therefor the industry will use some lower

8、 fares for the attraction of 4 Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan. （ A） which is 14 percent more than the previous year （ B） which

9、 is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year （ C） 14 percent higher than the previous years figure （ D） an amount that is 14 percent more than the pervious year was （ E） an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous years figure 5 In the most common procedure for harvesting forage cro

10、ps such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground. （ A） which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell （ B） the most nutritious of all parts of th

11、e plant, shatter and fall （ C） the parts of plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall （ D） the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls （ E） parts of the plant which are the most nutritious , have shattered and fallen 6 At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the

12、most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. （ A） land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards （ B） land, a form of owners

13、hip of the pre-Colombians and respected by the Spaniards （ C） land, respected by the Spaniards and the pre-Columbian form of ownership （ D） land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards （ E） land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spania

14、rds 7 A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time. （ A） a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time （ B） a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to

15、 large jet engines （ C） a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time （ D） damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time （ E） damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time 8 People wh

16、o inherit the sickle cell anemia gene from only one parent seem to be resistant to malaria, an evolutionary advantage that may explain why a genetic condition so debilitating to many individuals has survived in the human population. （ A） seem to be resistant to malaria （ B） seemingly are resistant t

17、o malaria （ C） seem to be resistant to malaria and have （ D） seemingly are resistant to malaria and to have （ E） are, it seems, resistant to malaria, and they have 9 Corporations will soon be required to report to the government whether they have the necessary reserves to pay the pension benefits ea

18、rned by their employees and that the information be published in annual reports to shareholders. （ A） earned by their employees and that the information be published （ B） that their employees earned and that the information be published （ C） that was earned by their employees with the information be

19、ing published （ D） earned by their employees, information that must also be published （ E） earned by their employees and published the information 10 Teratomas are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone not normally found in the organ in which the tumor a

20、ppears. （ A） because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone （ B） because they are composed of tissues like tooth and bone that are （ C） because they are composed of tissues, like tooth and bone, tissues （ D） in that their composition, tissues such as tooth and bones, is （ E） in that the

21、y are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone, tissues 11 Unlike the Shlites, who constitute the other major branch of Islam, the Sunnites do not await the Mahdi as a messenger from God, nor do they endow him with divine qualities or immunity from failure in judgement. （ A） nor do they endow him

22、（ B） but they do not endow him （ C） neither do they endow him （ D） and they neither endow him （ E） while endowing him neither 12 Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pyms first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work. （ A） does not read like an apprentice work （ B）

23、 seems not to read as an apprentice work （ C） does not seem to read as an apprentice work would （ D） does not read like an apprentice work does （ E） reads unlike an apprentice work 13 Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live, Soviet audience

24、s have seen a great deal of coverage. （ A） all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live （ B） all the Communist party conferences Moscow proceedings were not carried live （ C） all the Communist party conference Moscow proceedings have not been carried ali

25、ve （ D） not all the Communist party conference Moscow proceedings have been carried alive （ E） not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live 14 So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business execu

26、tives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence. （ A） So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that （ B） As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are （ C） Because of many young recruits to the Unite

27、d States work force who are so poorly educated and trained （ D） That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why （ E） Many young recruits to the United states work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why 15 Out of Americas fascinati

28、on with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub. （ A） things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing （ B） things an

29、tique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing （ C） things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring （ D） antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing （ E） ant

30、ique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring 16 When evidence of financial wrongdoing by an elected official surfaces, it is the electorate who must decide whether the evidence warrants censuring him or ousting him from office. （ A） whether the evidence warra

31、nts censuring him or ousting him （ B） if there is evidence that warrants a censure or an ousting of him （ C） whether or not the evidence warrants the censuring or ousting of him （ D） if there is evidence that warrants censuring him or his ousting （ E） if the evidence would warrant that he be censure

32、d or that he be ousted 17 Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a snipers bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left. （ A） Having the right hand and arm being crippled by

33、a snipers bullet during the First World War （ B） In spite of his right hand and arm being crippled by a snipers bullet during the First World War （ C） Because there had been a snipers bullet during the First World War that crippled his right hand and arm （ D） The right hand and arm being crippled by

34、 a snipers bullet during the First World war （ E） His right hand and arm crippled by a snipers bullet during the First World War 18 Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline. （ A） saw

35、 monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang （ B） saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs were hanging （ C） saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging （ D） seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging （ E） seen monkeys sleep

36、ing on the branches, whose arms and legs have hung 19 For all his professed disdain of such activities, Auden was an inveterate literary gossip. （ A） For all his professed disdain of such activities （ B） Having always professed disdain for such activities, （ C） All such activities were, he professed

37、, disdained, and （ D） Professing that all such activities were disdained, （ E） In spite of professions of disdaining all such activities, 20 At the beginning of the year, the city allocated $150 million to cover the increases in wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations with the

38、municipal labor unions. （ A） increases in wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations （ B） increased wages it expected to approve from negotiations （ C） increasing wages expected to be approved as a result of negotiating （ D） negotiated increases in wages it expected to approve （ E

39、） increases expected to be approved in wages from negotiating 21 Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so debilitating that it has become an economic drain on many developing countries. （ A） is so debilitating that it has become an economic （ B） it is of such debilitation, it has become

40、 an economical （ C） so debilitating is it as to become an economic （ D） such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical （ E） there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical 22 Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weath

41、er. （ A） so gradual as to be indistinguishable （ B） so gradual they can be indistinguishable （ C） so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished （ D） gradual enough not to be distinguishable （ E） gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them 23 Roy Wilkins was among the last of a generatio

42、n of civil rights activists who led the nation through decades of change so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember, what segregation was like. （ A） so profound many young Americans are not able to imagine, even less to remember （ B） so profound that many young A

43、mericans cannot imagine, much less remember （ C） so profound many young Americans cannot imagine nor even less remember （ D） of such profundity many young Americans cannot imagine, even less can they remember （ E） of such profundity that many young Americans are not able to imagine, much less to rem

44、ember 24 The evolution of the technology of microelectronics over the past decade has been so rapid that it is sometimes called a revolution. （ A） has been so rapid that it is sometimes （ B） has been rapid enough sometimes to be （ C） has been rapid enough it is sometimes （ D） is so rapid it has some

45、times been （ E） is so rapid that it is sometimes 25 The number of mountain gorillas is declining with such rapidity that the population is one-half in the twenty years between a count made by George Schaller in 1960 and the one made by Dian Fossey in 1980. （ A） with such rapidity that the population

46、 is one-half （ B） with such rapidity that the population was one-half （ C） so rapidly the population divided in half （ D） so rapidly that the population was halved （ E） in such rapidity that the population is halved GMAT（ VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷 20答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 A、 B、 D均是词组，句子结构不完整。 E中补出谓语动词 did与句意

47、不符，而应是补出 have，表现在完成时。 【知识模块】 语法改错 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题是考核主语同位语结构：由逗号划线部分之前的内容 一个建筑家，决定了划线部分的主语必定是人，而不能是物，仅选项 A能满足此条件。 【知识模块】 语法改错 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由惯用语 use sth to do sth决定答案是 D。其他选项中 use的用法都不符合习惯表达。 B、 C、 E中由于 therefore的加入给并列的两个部分强加了一层先后顺序关系，这是多余的。在本句中， a time是对 at the end of the summer的代替，通过 a tim

48、e的加入，使得句子前后的过渡显得顺畅，不会觉得突然。 【知识模块】 语法改错 4 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 A、 B中 which所指代的先行词是不明确的， B中： it所指的 $167 billion代入句子逻辑 不通； C中：逗号之后比较短语的修饰对象不明确； D中：比较前后的比较对象不具可比性； E中：用 an amount代替了 $167 billion；句中比较对象具有可比性，因而为正确答案； E的表达有两个好处： (1)避免了 A、 B中which的指代不清 (在真正先行词 $167 billion和 which从句之间还有一状语 in 1992)； (2)避免了直接用数额作

49、为比较对象，因为在 1991的数额未出现的情况下，这样很容易导致比较物之间不具可比性 (如： A、 B、 C)，而用抽象名词amount替代就不存在此问题。 【知识模 块】 语法改错 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据主谓一致原则，可以很容易地选出答案 D；此外，根据替代原则及简洁原则，同样可以得到答案 D，只有它最简洁而又准确地表达了句意。parts在这里是一抽象名词，其内涵比其代替的对象 as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small stem material大得多，且又简洁得多。 【知识模块】 语法改错 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 首先需要指出：划线部分的 to what从句与前面的 to communal ownership of land并非并列关系，因为中间无 and连接。所以两者的关系是：后者是对前者的补充解释。 B、 C中：逗号之后是一名词词组与一过去分词词组的并列，违背平行结构要求； D选项改变了原句的意思 (which无论指代 land还是ownship都使句意理解不通 )； A和 E比较： A选项在表达上有两点优势： (1)E中： that的先行词是含糊的，可以指代 land， ownership或 communal ownershipof land整个名词词