GMAT句子改错讲义(3)b

10. Joplin’s faith in his opera “ Tremonisha” was unshakable; in 1911 he published the score at his own expense and decided on staging it himself. (Z.P.105)

A) on staging it himself

B) that he himself would do the staging

C) to do the staging of the work by himself

D) that he himself would stage it

E) to stage the work himself

11. In cold-water habitats, certain invertebrates and fish convert starches into complex carbohydrates called glycerols, in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze.(Z.P.112)

A) in effect manufacturing its own antifreeze

B) effectively manufacturing antifreeze of tits own

C) in effect manufacturing their own antifreeze

D) so that they manufacture their own antifreeze

E) thus the manufacture of its own antifreeze

12. The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.(Z.P .117)

A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s

B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’swill cost approximately 51 million dollars.

C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980’s , will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars.

E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

13. The actual votes cast by incumbents can provide voters with a more accurate picture of their attitudes than the speeches they make while campaigning for reelection. (Z.P. 122)

A) their attitudes than the speeches they make

B) the attitudes of incumbents than the speeches they make

C) the attitudes of incumbents than do the speeches they make

D) the attitudes of incumbents than do the speeches

E) the attitudes of incumbents than the speeches

14. Although today it is cost-effective to make perfumes with synthetic ingredients, they used to make the classic fragrances from flowers only and other natural essences. (Z.P.128)

A) they used to make the classic fragrances from flowers only

B) the classic fragrances used to be made only from flowers

C) the classic fragrances used to be made by them only from flowers

D) the classic fragrances used to be made from flowers only

E) only flowers used to make the classic fragrances

15. At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction , that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. (Z.P. 129)

A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards

B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Span iards.

C) Land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership

D) Land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Span iards

E) Land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spa niards

16. It appears from a study of the detailed grammar of the Hopi Indians that their system of assigning tenses is very different from that of English or other European languages. (Z.P.136)

A) It appears from a study of the detailed grammar of the Hopi Indians that their system

B) It seems that study of the Hopi Indians indicates that their system

C) A detailed study of the grammar of the Hopi Indian language indicates that its system

D) Detailed study of Hopi Indians reveals that their system

E) The Hopi Indians have a system

17. scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there. ( Z.P.160)

A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these findings

C) Baltic Sea sediments, findings consistent with its growth of industrial activity

D) Sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in the area

E) Sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

18. 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. (Z.P.168)

A) 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

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 darkness 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 byrated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind.

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.

KEYS:

1.D 2.C

3.C B用that来指代人，在GMAT English 里被视为错误。

4. D 5.D 6.E 7.D 8.C 9.D 10.E 11.C 12.E 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.C 17.D 18.D