[外语类试卷]GMAT（VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷28及答案与解析.doc

1、GMAT（ VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷 28及答案与解析 1 The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants. （ A） being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign （ B） being converted to cooperative ownershi

2、p is whether they should be signing （ C） being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign （ D） conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign （ E） conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign 2 Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclinati

3、on on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skill are weak. （ A） Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skill are weak. （ B） Unlike computer skills or

4、 other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak. （ C） Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree. （ D） Many

5、 people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak. （ E） Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or

6、other technical skills. 3 In 1978 only half the women granted child support by a court received the amount awarded; at least as much as a million and more others had not any support agreements whatsoever. （ A） at least as much as a million and more others had not any （ B） at least as much as more th

7、an a million others had no （ C） more than a million others had not any （ D） more than a million others had no （ E） there was at least a million or more others without any 4 Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the

8、 rival of the best novels of the time. （ A） makes his letters as a group the rival of （ B） makes his letters as a group one to rival （ C） makes his letters a group rivaling （ D） make his letters as a group the rival of （ E） make his letters a group which is the rival of 5 In 1527 King Henry VIII sou

9、ght to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn. （ A） so as to marry （ B） and so could be married to （ C） to be married to （ D） so that he could marry （ E） in order that he would marry 6 As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as

10、children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age. （ A） that might at one time have died as children （ B） who might once have died in childhood （ C） that as children might once have died （ D） who in childhood might have at one time died （ E） who, whe

11、n they were children, might at one time have died 7 Frances Wrights book on America contrasted the republicanism of the United States with what she saw as the aristocratic and corrupt institutions of England. （ A） with what she saw as （ B） with that which she saw to be （ C） to that she saw being （ D

12、） and that which she saw as （ E） and what she saw to be 8 5 Cajuns speak a dialect brought to southern Louisiana by the four thousand Acadians who migrated there in 1755; their language is basically seventeenth-century French to which has been added English, Spanish, and Italian words. （ A） to which

13、 has been added English, Spanish and Italian words （ B） added to which is English, Spanish, and Italian words （ C） to which English, Spanish, and Italian words have been added （ D） with English, Spanish, and Italian words having been added to it （ E） and, in addition, English, Spanish, and Italian w

14、ords are added 9 Warning that computers in the United States are not secure, the National Academy of Sciences has urged the nation to revamp computer security procedures, institute new emergency response teams, creating a special nongovernment organization to take charge of computer security plannin

15、g. （ A） creating a special nongovernment organization to take （ B） creating a special nongovernment organization that takes （ C） creating a special nongovernment organization for taking （ D） and create a special nongovernment organization for taking （ E） and create a special nongovernment organizati

16、on to take 10 The proposed health care bill would increase government regulation of health insurance, establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who otherwise could be uncovered for months. （ A） establish standards that woul

17、d guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who （ B） establishing standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who are changing jobs and （ C） to establish standards that would guarantee wider access to pe

18、ople with past health problems and to workers who change jobs that （ D） for establishing standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers changing jobs who （ E） for the establishment of standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past healt

19、h problems and workers who are changing jobs that 11 Camille Claudet worked continuously through the 1880 and early 1890 with the sculptor Auguste Rodin; since there are very few signed works of hers, the inescapable conclusion seems to one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodins enormous

20、 production of that period. （ A） inescapable conclusion seems to one of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodins enormous production of that period （ B） conclusion of Claudet conceiving and executing part of Rodins enormous production of that period seems inescapable （ C） conclusion seems ine

21、scapable that part of Rodins enormous production of that period was conceived and executed by Claudet （ D） conclusion of part of Rodins enormous production of that period having been conceived and executed by Claudet seems inescapable （ E） seemingly inescapable conclusion is that Claudet would have

22、conceived and executed part of Rodins enormous production of that period 12 The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a companys first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls form likely corp

23、orate raiders. （ A） that a companys first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse （ B） that a companys first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even （ C） a company defending itself against offers like this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should eve

24、n refuse （ D） companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse （ E） that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even 13 Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applie

25、d, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states. （ A） was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the docu

26、ment when formally asked to do it （ B） was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally （ C） was never applied, whereby congress is required to call a convention for considering possi

27、ble amendment to the document when asked to do it formally （ D） has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so （ E） has never been applied, Congress is required to call a convention to consider po

28、ssible amendment to the document when formally asked to do so 14 As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision. （ A） As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudi

29、mentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision. （ B） A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind as an adult. （ C） As a baby emerges from the darknes

30、s of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision would be rated about 20/500, qualifying it to be legally blind if an adult. （ D） A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind. （

31、 E） As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision, which would be deemed legally blind for an adult, would be rated about 20/500. 15 The peaks of mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow patt

32、ern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as “standing waves“. （ A） crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are （ B） crests and troughs that remain stationary although they a

33、re formed by rapidly moving air, are （ C） crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, is （ D） stationary crests and troughs although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are （ E） stationary crests and troughs although they are formed by rapidly

34、 moving air, is 16 That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault; Alvian Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970. （ A） That educators have n

35、ot anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault （ B） That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said to be at fault （ C） It can hardly be said that it is the fault of educators who have not anticipated the

36、impact of microcomputer technology （ D） It can hardly be said that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology （ E） The fact that educators are at fault for not anticipating the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said 17 El Nino, the periodic abno

37、rmal warming of the sea surface off Peru, a phenomenon in which changes in the ocean and atmosphere combine allowing the warm water that has accumulated in the western Pacific to flow to the east. （ A） a phenomenon in which changes in the ocean and atmosphere combine allowing the warm water that has

38、 accumulated （ B） a phenomenon where changes in the ocean and atmosphere are combining to allow the warm water that is accumulating （ C） a phenomenon in which ocean and atmosphere changes combine and which allows the warm water that is accumulated （ D） is a phenomenon in which changes in the ocean a

39、nd atmosphere combine to allow the warm water that has accumulated （ E） is a phenomenon where ocean and atmosphere changes are combining and allow the warm water accumulating 18 All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed

40、for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nations recreational areas. （ A） deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging （ B） deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to （ C） deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging （ D） de

41、aths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to （ E） deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to 19 St. Johns, Newfoundland, lies on the same latitude as Paris, France, but in spring St. Johns residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bra

42、cing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking shelter from a ranging Northeast storm. （ A） residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking （ B） residents are less likely to sit at outdoor caf

43、es, and more to brace themselves against arctic chills, shovel snow, or be seeking （ C） residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes, and more likely to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or to be seeking （ D） residents, instead of their sitting at outdoor cafes

44、, they are more likely to brace themselves against arctic chills, shovel snow, or seek （ E） residents, instead of sitting at outdoor cafes, are more likely to brace themselves against arctic chills, shovel snow, or to be seeking 20 Until quite recently, American presidents lived in a world in which

45、the public and private realms of their lives were largely separate, and the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and Americans judged national leaders without receiving, or expecting, intimate information about them. （ A） and the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and （ B）

46、where the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and where （ C） for the press cooperated to maintain the distinction and （ D） the press cooperated to maintain the distinction, for （ E） in which the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and in which 21 That the new managing edito

47、r rose from the publications “soft“ news sections to a leadership position is more of a landmark in the industry than her being a woman. （ A） her being a woman （ B） being a woman is （ C） her womanhood （ D） that she was a woman （ E） that she is a woman 22 Two week notice being given to employers befo

48、re leaving a job is the generally accepted protocol. （ A） Two week notice being given to employers before leaving （ B） Giving notice to employers of two weeks before having to leave （ C） Two weeks notice to give to employers before leaving （ D） Giving notice to employers two weeks before leaving （ E

49、） To give two weeks worth of notice before having to leave 23 4 In addition to having more protein than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to human diet. （ A） the protein in rice is higher quality than that in （ B） rice has protein of higher quality than that in （ C） the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in （ D） rice protein is higher in quality than it is in （ E） rice has a protein higher in quality than 24 One legacy of Madison Avenues recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old