1、GMAT( VERBAL)语法改错模拟试卷 21及答案与解析 1 Factory outlet stores, operated by manufacturers, are usually located miles from downtown and regional shopping centers so as not directly to be competitive against department stores in the same trading areas. ( A) so as not directly to be competitive against ( B) in
2、 order for them not to have direct competition with ( C) so that they do not compete directly with ( D) in order that they are not directly competitive against ( E) for the purpose of not competing directly with 2 Most energy analysts now agree that the costs of building and maintaining nuclear reac
3、tors are too high for nuclear power to likely prove cheaper than coal or oil in the long run. ( A) too high for nuclear power to likely ( B) high enough for nuclear power to be unlikely to ( C) high enough that it is unlikely nuclear power will ( D) so high that nuclear power is unlikely to ( E) so
4、high as to be unlikely that nuclear power will 3 Unlike that of the Native Americans of British Columbia, the Plains, and the Southwest, those of Puget Sound lived in relatively small, autonomous villages. ( A) Unlike that of ( B) Unlike those of ( C) Unlike ( D) In contrast to that of ( E) Dissimil
5、ar to 4 Unlike their counterparts in other Western democracies, the American labor movement has never embraced revolutionary ideologies calling for the ultimate transformation of the economic order. ( A) Unlike their counterparts in other Western democracies, the American labor movement has never (
6、B) Unlike that of their counterparts in other Western democracies, the American labor movement has never ( C) Unlike its counterpart in other Western democracies, the American labor movement never have ( D) Unlike that of its counterparts in other Western democracies, the American labor movement nev
7、er has ( E) Unlike its counterparts in other Western democracies, the American labor movement has never 5 The distribution of mass within the core of the Earth, like the mantle that surrounds the core, has been deduced from the orbital behavior of the Earth and the motions of satellites controlled b
8、y the gravity of the Earth. ( A) the mantle that surrounds the core ( B) that within the mantle surrounding the core ( C) that of the mantle surrounding the core ( D) the mantle the core surrounds ( E) the distribution of mass within the mantle that surrounds the core 6 Like the government that came
9、 before it, which set new records for growth, laissez-faire capitalism is the cornerstone of the new government. ( A) laissez-faire capitalism is the cornerstone of the new government ( B) the cornerstone of the new government is laissez-faire capitalism ( C) laissez-faire capitalism is the new gove
10、rnments cornerstone ( D) the new government has made laissez-faire capitalism its cornerstone ( E) the new government has a laissez-faire cornerstone of capitalism 7 Like other educators who prefer to substitute anthologies of short stories or collections of popular essays to dull “basal readers“, M
11、s. Burton emphasizes how important it is to enjoy good literature. ( A) to dull “basal readers“, Ms. Burton emphasizes how important it is to enjoy ( B) for dull “basal readers“, Ms. Burton emphasizes importance of enjoying ( C) to dull “basal readers“, Ms. Burton emphasizes that it is important to
12、enjoy ( D) for dull “basal readers“, Ms. Burtons emphasis is that it is important to enjoy ( E) to dull “basal readers“, Ms. Burtons emphasis on the importance of enjoying 8 Unlike in other transportation industries, there are no minimum standards set by government or industry for qualifying for bei
13、ng an engineer on a train. ( A) Unlike in other transportation industries, there are no minimum standards set by government or industry for qualifying for being ( B) Unlike other transportation industries that have minimum standards set by government or industry, there are none for qualifying to be
14、( C) Although the government or industry usually sets minimum standards for transportation industries, no such one has been set for qualifying as to being ( D) Although the government or industry usually sets minimum standards for transportation industries, no such standard has been set for qualifyi
15、ng to be ( E) Although there are usually minimum standards set by government or industry for transportation industries, there is none for qualifying and being 9 Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take an
16、tirejection drugs for the rest of their lives. ( A) Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same ( B) Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment ( C) Unless the transplant involves identical twins, who have the same genetic endowm
17、ent ( D) Aside from a transplant between identical twins with the same genetic endowment ( E) Other than transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same 10 Like Byron at Missolonghi, Jack London was slowly killed by the mistakes of the medical men who treated him. ( A) Like
18、Byron ( B) Like Byrons death ( C) Just as Byron died ( D) Similar to Byron ( E) As did Byron 11 Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music. ( A) Like Haydn, Schubert ( B) Like Haydn, Schubert also ( C) As has Haydn,
19、Schubert ( D) As did Haydn, Schubert also ( E) As Haydn did, Schubert also 12 Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen to twenty percent down payment, the lease-loan buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle. ( A) the lease-loan buyer is not required to ma
20、ke ( B) with lease-loan buying there is no requirement of ( C) lease-loan buyers are not required to make ( D) for the lease-loan buyer there is no requirement of ( E) a lease-loan does not require the buyer to make 13 Unlike auto insurance, the frequency of claims does not affect the premiums for p
21、ersonal property coverage, but if the insurance company is able to prove excessive loss due to owner negligence, it may decline to renew the policy. ( A) Unlike auto insurance, the frequency of claims does not affect the premiums for personal property coverage ( B) Unlike with auto insurance, the fr
22、equency of claims do not affect the premiums for personal property coverage ( C) Unlike the frequency of claims for auto insurance, the premiums for personal property coverage are not affected by the frequency of claims ( D) Unlike the premiums for auto insurance, the premiums for personal property
23、coverage are not affected by the frequency of claims ( E) Unlike with the premium for auto insurance, the premiums for personal property coverage is not affected by the frequency of claims 14 Unlike Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates, William Carlos Williams insisted that poets honor
24、their own regions and employ specifically American rhythms. ( A) Unlike Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates, William Carlos Williams insisted ( B) Although Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates did not, William Carlos Williams insistence was ( C) Contrary to Gertrude Stein,
25、 Ezra Pound, and other expatriates, it was William Carlos Williams who insisted ( D) As opposed to what Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates did, William Carlos Williams was to insist ( E) While Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and other expatriates did not, William Carlos Williams was insis
26、tent 15 As virtually all the nations 50 busiest airports are, New Yorks were built for an age of propellers, before jet planes weighing 800,000 pounds needed over two miles of runaway. ( A) As virtually all the nations 50 busiest airports are ( B) As with virtually all of the nations 50 busiest airp
27、orts ( C) Like virtually all of the nations 50 busiest airports ( D) Like the cities where virtually all the nations 50 busiest airports are ( E) Like other cities where virtually all the nations 50 busiest airports are 16 Unlike the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dodtoevski, subjects of othe
28、r Troyat biographies, Chekhov belongs to the twentieth century, an age of fretfulness and melancholy skepticism. ( A) Unlike the lives of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dodtoevski,subjects of other Troyat biographies, Chekhov belongs ( B) Chekhov, unlike the other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol,
29、 Tolstoi, and Dodtoevski, belongs ( C) The life of Chekhov, unlike the lives of subjects of other Troyat biographies,Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dodtoevski, belongs ( D) Chekhov and his life, unlike that of the other Troyat biographies-Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dodtoevski, belong ( E) The life o
30、f Chekhov, unlike that of the other Troyat biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, and Dodtoevski, belongs 17 As contrasted with the honeybee, the yellow jacket can sting repeatedly without dying and carries a potent venom that can cause intense pain. ( A) As contrasted with the honeybee ( B) In con
31、trast to the honeybees ( C) Unlike the sting of the honeybee ( D) Unlike that of the honeybee ( E) Unlike the honeybee 18 Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars and hydrogen bombs, merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors. ( A) merging the
32、nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors ( B) merging the nuclei of atoms instead of splitting them apart, like nuclear reactors ( C) merging the nuclei of atoms rather than splitting them apart, as nuclear reactors do ( D) and merges the nuclei of atoms but does not spli
33、t them apart, as is done in nuclear reactors ( E) and merges the nuclei of atoms, unlike nuclear reactors that split them apart 19 Like the color-discriminating apparatus of the human eye, insects eyes depend on recording and comparing light intensities in three regions of the electromagnetic spectr
34、um. ( A) insects eyes depend on ( B) an insect eye depends on ( C) that of insects depend on the ( D) that of an insects eye depends on ( E) that of an insects is dependent on the 20 Like Auden, the language of Jame Merrill is chatty, arch, and conversational given to complex syntactic flights as we
35、ll as to prosaic free-verse strolls. ( A) Like Auden, the language of Jame Merrill ( B) Like Auden, Jame Merrills language ( C) Like Audens, Jame Merrills language ( D) As with Auden, Jame Merrills language ( E) As is Audens the language of Jame Merrill 21 Artificial intelligence emerged during the
36、late 1950s as an academic discipline based on the assumption that computers are able to be programmed to think like people. ( A) are able to be programmed to think like people ( B) were able to be programmed to think as people ( C) can be programmed to think as people can ( D) could be programmed to
37、 think like people ( E) are capable of being programmed to think like people do 22 Unlike a hurricane, which can be observed from within, a tornado is so small that such a study has not been practical. ( A) that such a study has not been practical ( B) that studying it that way has not been impracti
38、cal ( C) for such studies as this to have been impractical ( D) as to not make such a study practical ( E) as to be impractical of study 23 Unlike other arachnids, which have their nerve cells evenly distributed along their bodies, the scorpions nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammals.
39、 ( A) bodies, the scorpions nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammals ( B) bodies, the scorpions head has a cluster of nerve cells, as a mammal does ( C) body, the scorpion has a cluster of nerve cells in its head, as a mammal does ( D) body, nerve cells are clustered in the scorpions he
40、ad, like a mammals ( E) body, a cluster of nerve cells is in the scorpions head, like a mammals 24 In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old males income; and forty-four percent in 1984. ( A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984 ( B) income; in 1984 the
41、 figure was forty-four percent ( C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent ( D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure ( E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984 25 A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often una
42、ble to carry out a legislative program. ( A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to ( B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to ( C) liable to be severely disadvantaged and cannot often ( D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often ( E) at a
43、 severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can GMAT( VERBAL)语法改错模拟试卷 21答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 A中的 to be competitive with against, B中的 to have direct competition with及 D中的 be not directly competitive的表达都不如直接用动词形式 do not compete with简洁且强调动作性; C、 E之间比较,用 so that比 for the purpose of
44、简洁,选 C。 【知识模块】 语法改错 2 【正确答 案】 D 【试题解析】 主句的主语与结果从句的主语不一致,用 sothat 句型。 【知识模块】 语法改错 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由主句中的 those of,就可断定 A、 B、 D不对,因为不论比较前是that of或 those of,若比较后仍是 those of成立的话,我们根本就不知道这些that、 those究竟指何物。还记得 those指代的要求吗 ?是指代前面已出现的可数名词复数。 E中:用法不对;选 C: those指代前面的 Native American。 【知识模块】 语法改错 4 【正确答案】 E
45、【试题解析】 their指代错误,应用 its指代 the American labor movement。 【知识模块】 语法改错 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 A、 D、 E中 unlike前后的比较对象不对称。 C用介词 of不如 B中用介词 within;这里用 surrounding代替了 that定语从句,表明此动作是 “持续性动作 ”。 【知识模块】 语法改错 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 A、 B、 C中 N1与 N2不具可比性; E中:改 变句意。 【知识模块】 语法改错 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 D、 E中 N1与 N2不具可比性; A、 C中不符合
46、substitute sth for sth的习惯用语 (A、 C均用介词 to); B中: the importance of enjoying good literature取代了 how important it is toenjoy good literature,因为前者简洁。 【知识模块】 语法改错 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 A、 B中 N1与 N2不具可比 性; C中: one找不到指代对象,前面的 standards是复数;另: qualify的用法是 qualify to do sth,因此 C、 E中的qualify之后的用法都不对; E中用 “therebe+s
47、th done”的句型, GMAT不倾向用(请查阅公理 );此题换用 although从句表达,而未用 unlike的句型表达 (属于 like的第三种用法 )。 【知识模块】 语法改错 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 A中 N1与 N2不具可比性; B、 D、 E的表达使句子理解不畅。 【知识模块】 语法改 错 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 B中: N1与 N2不具可比性; D中 similar to不应放在句首; C、 E中 died或 did的动作都与 was killed不对应;同时, C、 E的表达相对于 A来说,相对复杂。 【知识模块】 语法改错 11 【正确答案】 A
48、 【试题解析】 B、 D、 E中 also多余; C中用 has本应代替前面出现的动词,但时态有误,同时 like+代词比 as引导的方式状语从句简洁。 【知识模块】 语法改错 12 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 A、 B、 C、 D中 N1与 N2不具可比性。 【知识模块】 语法改错 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 A、 B、 C、 E中 N1与 N2不具可比性。 【知识模块】 语法改错 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 B、 C、 D、 E中,后半句的表达都不如 A的后半句好。insistence, to insist, wasinsistent或 who insisted都不
49、如用 insisted简洁、明了。 【知识模块】 语法改错 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 B中 as with的用法不 对; D、 E中: N1与 N2不具可比性; A与 C比较, A有两个缺陷: (1)“like+名词词组 ”比 “as引导的方式从句 ”简洁。 (2)A中的are不对,因为句意是比较前后对象的状态,是同一过去时间,而不是现在 are与过去 were的比较。 【知识模块】 语法改错 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 A、 B、 D、 E中 N1与 N2不具可比性。 【知识模块】 语法改错 17 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 B、 C、 D中 N1与 N2不具可比性。 A、 E从意思上说都对,但 E更简洁。 【知识模块 】 语法改错 18 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 A、 B、 C中的 merging短语无论表伴随状况还是表伴随结果,从逻辑上都说不通,因为 “给太阳、星体和氢弹提供动力 ”和 “使原子核聚结 ”显然是两个分离的动作; A中 asin nuclear reactors本身句子结构不完整,因 as是连词,要跟一个句子,同时,对比物不具可比性; B、 C、 D的致命错误在于 as或 like之前的动作是两个,但这两个动作又互相排斥,因而造成迷惑,究竟 nucle