GMAT句子改错讲义(1)

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1． The relationship between corpulence and disease remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy¹ with chronic² obesity³.

A) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with

B) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates a reduced life expectancy with

C) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life expectancy to

D) remains⁴ controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with

E) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life expectancy to

2. Puritan fanatics⁵ brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judg ment and mutability of purpose that some writers have though inconsistent with their religious zeal⁶, but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it.

A) but which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

B) but which were in fact a natural outgrowth of it

C) but which were in fact natural outgrowths of it

D) but it was in fact a natural outgrowth of them

E) which was in fact a natural outgrowth of it

3.Out of America’s fascination⁷ with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures⁸ that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

A) all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

C) things that are antique 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 fix tures that are bringing

E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixt ures that bring

4.Byron possessed⁹ powers of observation that would have made him a great ant hropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best nove ls of the time.

A) makes his letters as a group the rival of

B) makes his letter 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.Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen¹⁰ by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size. (O.P. 297)

A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size

B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colora do

C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million , an area about the size of Colorado’s

E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado’s size

6. Each of Hemingway’s wives-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh-were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid¹¹ women who populate his novels. (O.P.300)

A) Each of Hemingway’s wives-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh-were strong and interesting women,

B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gklhorn, and Mary Welsh-each of them Hemingway’s wives-were strong and interesting women

C) Hemingway’s wives-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh-were all strong and interesting women.

D) Strong and interesting women-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, MarthaGelhorn, and Mary Welsh-each a wife of Hemingway, was

E) Strong and interesting women-Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeifferm Martha Gelhorn, and Mary Welsh-every one of Hemingway’s wives were

7. One of every two new businesses fail within two years. (O.P. 302)

A) fail

B) fails

C) should fail

D) may have failed

E) has failed

8. A Labor¹² Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian¹³ work force.( O.P.311)

A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase

B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent

C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent

D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent

E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

9. What was as remarkable¹⁴ as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LPP era. (O.P 312)

A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

C) No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc

D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than

E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

10. While some academicians believe that business ethics¹⁵ should be integrated into every business course, others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course. (O.P. 313)

A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course

B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course

C) if it is taught only as a course required separately

D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course

E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately

11. Credit cards are now accepted in exchange for many goods ad services around the world and in some countries, like the Americans, is used even more widely than cash.( Z.P.92)

A) like the Americans, is used even more widely than

B) like that of America, is used even more widely than’

C) as in America, are sued even more widely than

D) such as America, are used even more widely than

E) such as America, are used even more widely as

12. One of every two new businesses fail within two years.(Z.P.102)

A) fail

B) fails

C) should fail

D) may have failed

E) has failed

13. The great difference in interpretation¹⁶ between him and his immediate¹⁷ predecessor¹⁸ of the role of Anthony were the subject of last week’s column by the well-known drama critic. (Z.P. 103)

A) between him and his immediate predecessor of the role of Anthony were

B) between him and his immediate predecessor of the role of Anthony were

C) between he and his immediate predecessor of the role of Anthony were

D) among him and his immediate predecessor of the role of Anthony was

E) among him and his immediate predecessor of the role of Anthony were

14. The rise in the Commerce Department’s index of leading economic indicators¹⁹ suggest that the economy should continue its expansion into the coming months, but that the mixed performance of the index’s individual components²⁰ indicates that economic growth will proceed at a more moderate pace than in the first quarter of this year. (Z.P.155)

A) suggest that the economy should continue its expansion into the coming months, but that

B) suggest that the economy is to continue expansion in the coming months but

C) suggests that the economy will continue its expanding in the coming months, but that

D) suggests that the economy is continuing to expand into the coming months,but that

E) suggests that the economy will continue to expand in the coming months, but

KEYS:

D 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.B 11.D 12.B 13.B 14.E