1、GMAT（ VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷 9及答案与解析 1 To read of Abigail Adams lengthy separation from her family, her difficult travels, and her constant battles with illness is to feel intensely how harsh life was even for the so-called aristocracy of Revolutionary times. （ A） To read of （ B） Reading about （ C） Having
2、read about （ D） Once one reads of （ E） To have read of 2 Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper. （ A） having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper （ B） having a flat sheet of paper on which to draw the spherica
3、l Earth （ C） how can one draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper （ D） how they could use a flat sheet of paper to draw the spherical Earth （ E） how to draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper 3 Some analysts of retirement problems insist that the only way to provide equity and pro
4、tection for all Americans is to amalgamate all retirement-income systems, including Social Security, into one central system. （ A） insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate （ B） have insisted the only way equity and protection can be provided for al
5、l Americans is amalgamating （ C） insist the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is the amalgamation of （ D） are insistent that the only way equity and protection can be provided for all Americans is the amalgamation of （ E） insist that the only way for the provision of equity
6、 and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate 4 The task force is reviewing the companys hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity. （ A） for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirement set by the
7、Office of equal Opportunity. （ B） for the determining of whether or not it meets the requirement set by the office of Equal Opportunity （ C） for the determining of whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are being met or not （ D） determining whether the requirements set by th
8、e Office of Equal Opportunity are met （ E） to determine whether they meet the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity 5 The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms. （ A） few people are known to recover
9、 from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms. （ B） few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared （ C） there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared （ D） after the clinical
10、symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease （ E） recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear 6 Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to
11、 a hotel. （ A） to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to （ B） that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to （ C） under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day ins
12、tead of confining them in （ D） that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in （ E） to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be confined to 7 Displays of the aurora borealis, or “northern lights,“ can heat the atmosp
13、here over the arctic enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines. （ A） to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce （ B） that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are aff
14、ected, induce （ C） that it affects the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induces （ D） that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces （ E） to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce 8 In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the
15、 production of enzymes that are the organisms trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it. （ A） trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it （ B） trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant （ C） attempt to try
16、to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant （ D） attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it （ E） attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant 9 There is a growing demand in the state for “initiative and referendum,“ a procedure t
17、hat allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them. （ A） allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them （ B） allows voters to propose, pass, and to repeal laws （ C） allows voters to propose, to pass, and repeal laws （ D） will allow the voter to propose, pass as
18、well as to repeal laws （ E） will allow laws to be proposed, passed, as well as repealed by voters 10 It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to drive them to market when the time is ripe
19、. （ A） all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to （ B） all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and （ C） all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral
20、 them and （ D） the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and （ E） the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and 11 Acid rain and snow result from the chemical rea
21、ctions between industrial emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids. （ A） with atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids （ B） with atmospheric water vapor producing highly cor
22、rosive sulfuric and nitric acids （ C） and atmospheric water vapor which has produced highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids （ D） and atmospheric water vapor which have produced sulfuric and nitric acids which are highly corrosive （ E） and atmospheric water vapor to produce highly corrosive sulfu
23、ric and nitric acids 12 The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was normal. （ A） to have borne c
24、hildren with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was （ B） to have had children born with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of the pregnancies was （ C） either to have had children born with heart defects or miscarriages, without any of their pregnancies being （ D） eithe
25、r to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was （ E） either to have had miscarriages or children born with heart defects, without any of their pregnancies being 13 To speak habitually of the “truly needy“ is gradually instilling the notion that ma
26、ny of those who are just called “needy“ actually have adequate resources; such a conclusion is unwarranted. （ A） To speak habitually of the “truly needy“ is gradually instilling the notion （ B） To speak habitually of the “truly needy“ is instilling the notion gradually （ C） To speak habitually of th
27、e “truly needy“ is gradually to instill the notion （ D） Speaking habitually of the “truly needy“ is to instill the gradual notion （ E） Speaking habitually of the “truly needy“ is instilling the gradual notion 14 A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Qu
28、etzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen. （ A） believed to be （ B） and that is believed to be （ C） and it is believed to have been （ D） which was, it is believed, （ E） which is believed to be 15 George Sand(Aurore Lucile Dupin)was one
29、 of the first European writers to consider the rural poor to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these with sympathy and respect in her novels. （ A） to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these （ B） should be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these （ C） as be
30、ing legitimate subjects for literature and portraying them （ D） as if they were legitimate subjects for literature and portray them （ E） legitimate subjects for literature and to portray them 16 The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters
31、; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength0.1 millimeters is too long to be registered by the eye. （ A） infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength 0.1 millimeters is too long to be registered by the eye （ B） however, the wavelength of infrared radiation
32、0.1 millimeters is too long to be registered by the eye making it invisible （ C） infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength 0.1 millimetersis too long for the eye to register it （ D） however, because the wavelength of infrared radiation is 0.1 millimeters, it is too long for th
33、e eye to register and thus invisible （ E） however, infrared radiation has a wavelength of 0.1 millimeters that is too long for the eye to register, thus making it invisible 17 Lawmakers are examining measures that would require banks to disclose all fees and account requirements in writing, provide
34、free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts to carry minimal fees and require minimal initial deposits. （ A） provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts to carry （ B） provide free cashing of government checks, and creating basic savings
35、 accounts carrying （ C） to provide free cashing of government checks, and creating basic savings accounts that carry （ D） to provide free cashing of government checks, creating basic savings accounts to carry （ E） to provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts tha
36、t carry 18 Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman, herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide other slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom. （ A） herself an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland to guide （ B） being an escaped slave herself, returned
37、again and again to Maryland so as to guide （ C） an escaped slave herself, returned again and again to Maryland for guiding （ D） herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryland so as to be the guide of （ E） who had been herself as an escaped slave, returned again and again to Maryla
38、nd for the guiding of 19 Violence in the stands at soccer matches has gotten so pronounced in several European countries that some stadiums have adopted new rules that aim to identify fans of visiting teams and that seat them in a separate area. （ A） to identify fans of visiting teams and that seat
39、them （ B） to identify fans of visiting teams and seat them （ C） to identify fans of visiting teams for seating （ D） at identifying fans of visiting teams so as to seat them （ E） at identifying fans of visiting teams and that seat them 20 Bufo marinus toads, fierce predators that will eat frogs lizar
40、ds, and even small birds, are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s in an attempt to control pests in the states vast sugarcane fields. （ A） are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s in an attempt to control （ B） are native in S
41、outh America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s as attempts to control （ C） are natives of South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930s in an attempt at controlling （ D） had been native to South America but were introduced to Florida during the 1930s as an attempt a
42、t controlling （ E） had been natives of South America but were introduced to Florida during the 1930s as attempts at controlling 21 Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases o
43、f an embryos development. （ A） tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain （ B） tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain （ C） tells individual genes both when to become active or remain （ D） tells individual genes both when to become
44、 active or when to remain （ E） will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain 22 The distinctive hereditary tartans that are alleged to be worn since antiquity by members of the Highland clans were in fact designed by Scottish woolen manufacturers in the eighteenth a
45、nd nineteenth centuries. （ A） that are alleged to be worn （ B） alleged to have been worn （ C） that are worn, it was alleged, （ D） alleged as having been worn （ E） that are worn, allegedly, 23 The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the ef
46、fects of a divorce occurring when a child. （ A） occurring when a child （ B） occurring when children （ C） that occurred when a child （ D） that occurred when they were children （ E） that has occurred as each was a child 24 By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency
47、broad discretionary powers enabling it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information. （ A） enabling it to withhold from the public （ B） for it to withhold from the public （ C） for withholding disclosure to the public of （ D） that enable them to withhold from p
48、ublic disclosure （ E） that they can withhold public disclosure of 25 An attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, has been unsuccessful despite efforts by many important groups, including the National Organization for Women. （ A） to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
49、, begun almost two decades ago, （ B） begun almost two decades ago, for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment （ C） begun for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment almost two decades ago （ D） at ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, begun almost two decades ago, （ E） that has begun almost two decades ago to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment GMAT（ VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷 9答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 由此结构可看出： B、 C不对称， D使句子结构不完整，而 E中的动词不定式的完成时是不必要的，因而选 A。 【知识模块】 语法改错 2 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 A中 having后的 to draw形式不对，在 have之后要么跟原形动词，要么用过去分词 (haveto do sth改变了句意 )。 B改变了句意，变为 “有一张画上了地球的纸 ”。 C语序不对，宾语从句用正常
