1、GMAT（ VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷 27及答案与解析 1 Machines replacing human labor, there was wide anticipation that the workweek would continue to become shorter. （ A） Machines replacing human labor, there was wide anticipation that （ B） When machines replaced human labor, there was wide anticipation （ C） As machines
2、 replaced human labor, it was widely anticipated that （ D） Insofar as machines replaced human labor, it was anticipated that （ E） Human labor being replaced by machines, there was wide anticipation that 2 During the 1980s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have l
3、eft Mexico and added to the strain on the countrys debt-ridden economy. （ A） During the 1980s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital is estimated to have left Mexico and added （ B） During the 1980s it is estimated that approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mex
4、ico and added （ C） It is estimated that there was approximately $50 billion in private investment capital that left Mexico during the 1980s and added （ D） It is estimated that during the 1980s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico, adding （ E） Approximately $50 billion
5、in private investment capital is estimated as having left Mexico during the 1980s, adding 3 Like the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster“. （ A） Like th
6、e one reputed to live in Loch Ness, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster“. （ B） Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster“ similar t
7、o the one reputed to live in Loch Ness, which, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river. （ C） Inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster“ similar to Loch Nesss, which, like Lake Champlain, is an inland lake connecte
8、d to the ocean by a river. （ D） Like Loch Nesss reputed monster, inhabitants of the area around Lake Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster“. （ E） Similar to that reputed to live in Loch Ness, inhabitants of the area around
9、 lake Champlain, also an inland lake connected to the ocean by a river, claim sightings of a long and narrow “sea monster“. 4 Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries. （ A） Many of them chiseled from sol
10、id rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries. （ B） Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries. （ C） Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled fro
11、m solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia. （ D） The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago. （ E） The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with
12、 hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago. 5 Most corporations pay at least twice as much to full-time employees, if the value of benefits, sick days, and paid vacation days are included in earnings, than to part-time employees, whose hourly wages are often higher
13、 than those of their full-time colleagues. （ A） are included in earnings, than （ B） are included in earnings, as （ C） is included in earnings, than they pay （ D） is included in earnings, as is pay （ E） is included in earnings, as they pay 6 Geologists believe that the Bering land bridge, over which
14、human beings are thought to have first entered the America, disappeared about 14,000 years ago when massive glaciers melted and caused the sea level to rise several hundred feet worldwide. （ A） are thought to have first entered （ B） were thought first to enter （ C） were thought at first to enter （ D
15、） are thought of as first entering （ E） were thought to first enter 7 Some historians of science have argued that science moves forward not so much because of the insights of great thinkers but because of more mundane developments, such as improved tools and technologies. （ A） because of the insight
16、s of great thinkers but because of （ B） because of the insights of great thinkers as the results of （ C） because of the insights of great thinkers as because of （ D） through the insights of great thinkers but through （ E） through the insights of great thinkers but results from 8 Although some offici
17、als noted that using machines for farming in China costs more than traditional hand cultivation, mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield while the previous years costs were cut in half. （ A） mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield
18、 while the previous years costs were cut in half. （ B） mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield while cutting costs to half those of previous year. （ C） mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the yield as costs were cut to half of the previous y
19、ears. （ D） farming mechanization in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield as it cut in half the previous years costs. （ E） farming mechanization in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield while costs were cut to half that of the previous year. 9 The domesticated camel, which some sch
20、olars date around the twelfth century B.C., was the key to the development of the spice trade in the ancient world. （ A） The domesticated camel, which some scholars date （ B） The domesticated camel, which some scholars have thought to occur （ C） Domesticating the camel, dated by some scholars at （ D
21、） The domestication of the camel, thought by some scholars to have occurred （ E） The camels domestication, dated by some scholars to have been 10 Unlike the acid smoke of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old methods, yields an alkaline smoke too irrigating to be drawn into the lungs. （ A） Unli
22、ke the acid smoke of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old methods, yields an alkaline smoke （ B） Unlike the acid smoke of cigarettes, pipe tobacco is cured by age-old methods, yielding an alkaline smoke （ C） Unlike cigarette tobacco, which yields an acid smoke, pipe tobacco, cured by age-old m
23、ethods, yields an alkaline smoke （ D） Differing from cigarettes acid smoke, pipe tobaccos alkaline smoke, cured by age-old methods, is （ E） The alkaline smoke of pipe tobacco differs from cigarettes acid smoke in that it is cured by age-old methods and is 11 In assessing the problems faced by rural
24、migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant. （ A） In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant. （ B） The question of whethe
25、r the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face. （ C） A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor.
26、（ D） In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant. （ E） The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an asses
27、sment of the problems that they face. 12 To help preserve ancient Egyptian monuments threatened by high water tables, a Swedish engineering firm has proposed installing pumps, perhaps solar powered, to lower the underground water level and dig trenches around the bases of the stone walls. （ A） to lo
28、wer the underground water level and dig trenches （ B） to lower the underground water level and to dig trenches （ C） to lower the underground water level and digging trenches （ D） that lower the underground water level and that trenches be dug （ E） that lower the underground water level and trench di
29、gging 13 Unlike a funded pension system, in which contributions are invested to pay future beneficiaries, a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security. （ A） a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security （ B） the foundation of Social Security is a pay-as-you-go approa
30、ch （ C） the approach of Social Security is pay-as-you-go （ D） Social Securitys approach is pay-as-you-go （ E） Social Security is founded on a pay-as-you-go approach 14 The question of whether to divest themselves of stock in companies that do business in South Africa is particularly troublesome for
31、the nations 116 private Black colleges because their economic base are often more fragile than most predominantly White colleges. （ A） than （ B） than those of （ C） than is so of （ D） compared to （ E） compared to those of 15 Although the “psychopath“ is popularly applied to an especially brutal crimi
32、nal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience. （ A） it is someone who is （ B） it is a person （ C） they are people who are （ D） it refers to someone who is （ E） it is in reference to people 16 Citing evidence that the carbon dioxide cont
33、ent of the atmosphere has increased more than seven percent in the last 30 years, many scientists have expressed a fear of destroying forests and continued use of fossil fuels will cause an irreversible shift in Earths climate pattern. （ A） many scientists have expressed a fear of destroying forests
34、 and continued use of （ B） many scientists have expressed a fear that destruction of forests and continued use of （ C） many scientists have expressed a fear that destruction of forests and continually using （ D） a fear that many scientists have expressed is that destroying forests and continually us
35、ing （ E） a fear that many scientists have expressed is that destruction of forests and continual using of 17 The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of fa
36、cilitating similar research endeavors. （ A） but also has the versatility and power of facilitating （ B） but also have the versatility and power to facilitate （ C） but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate （ D） and also have the versatility and power of facilitating （ E） and it also has
37、 such versatility and power that it can facilitate 18 Most teen-agers who work for pay hold jobs that require few skills, little responsibility, and also no hope for career advancement. （ A） little responsibility, and also （ B） little responsibility, and with （ C） little responsibility, and offer （
38、D） carry little responsibility, and （ E） carry little responsibility, and offer 19 According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depression that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.
39、（ A） that, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain （ B） that, because of double-digit unemployment, could be a severe strain for （ C） with double-digit unemployment, and it could severely strain （ D） with double-digit unemployment and could be a severe strain for （ E） with double-digit
40、 unemployment and could severely strain 20 The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations. （ A） The supply of oil being finite has become an economical （ B） The finite supply of oil has become an economical
41、 （ C） That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical （ D） The supply of oil being finite has become an economic （ E） That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic 21 The United States government employs a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than any government.
42、 （ A） a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than any （ B） a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than does any other （ C） much larger proportions of women in trade negotiations than has any （ D） proportions of women in trade negotiations that are much larger than a
43、ny （ E） proportions of women in trade negotiations that are much larger than any other 22 The American Medical Association has argued that the rapidly rising costs associated with malpractice litigation are driving doctors from the profession and that reform of the tort system is imperative for brin
44、ging malpractice insurance premiums under control. （ A） that reform of the tort system is imperative for bringing malpractice insurance premiums （ B） that reform of the tort system is imperative if malpractice insurance premiums are to be brought （ C） that reform of the tort system is imperative to
45、bring malpractice insurance premiums （ D） reform of the tort system is necessary in bringing malpractice insurance premiums （ E） the tort system needs to be reformed so that malpractice insurance premiums are brought 23 Scorched by fire, stained by water, and inscribed in cramped handwriting, the se
46、venteenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, depending instead on English sources for information. （ A） the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, depending （ B） the seventeenth-
47、century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, who depended （ C） historians long ignored the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City, depending （ D） historians long ignored the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the begi
48、nnings of New York city and depended （ E） historians long ignored the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York city; they depended 24 Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite, while each year sixteen buildings
49、can be expected to sustain damage from such objects. （ A） one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite （ B） a human being should be struck by a meteorite once in every nine years （ C） a meteorite will strike one human being once in every nine years （ D） every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite （ E） every nine years a human being should be struck by a meteorite 25 Manifestations of Islamic political militancy in the first period of religious reformism were the rise of the Wahhabits in Arabia, the Sanusi in Cyrenaica, the Fulani in Nige
