例 6
6. The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats.
(A) a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,
(B) a phenomenon most scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
(C) a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings’ burning of fossil fuels,
(D) which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,
(E) which most scientists agree to be a phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
这道题我们就关注 ABC选项。这道题正确答案是C。但是很多同学在排除的时候,会把C排掉,因为运用简洁原则,认为doing是不优的,就把human beings’burning of fossil fuels 给排掉了。
这里上过我的课的同学,一定记得老师强调的,剩下两个选项我们是先比语义,再比简洁性,一定要记住排除题目的次序!A选项中caused by 后面的核心词是human beings, B选项中caused by后面的核心词是fossil fuels, C选项中caused by后面的核心词是burning。根据语义全球变暖的原因应该是由人类焚烧化石burning这个动作导致的,所以C最准确。
例 7
7. Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,” the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.
(A) may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
(B) may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
(C) may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
(D) include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
(E) include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level
这道题我们关注CE两个选项。 很多同学在做题的时候直接根据may和possibly重复排除了C选项。那我们细读一下语义,看看出题人是不是也用到了核心语义转换思想呢。C选项的include后主要说的是 polar ice caps 和 sea levels, E 选项后核心词是melting 和rise。根据语义,温室效应的结果应该是" 冰盖的融化和海平面的上升 ",而不是" 冰盖和海平面 ",所以E语义最优。
例 8
8. Recently documented examples of neurogenesis, the production of new brain cells, include the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that learn new songs.
(A) the brain growing in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or neurons increasing in canaries that
(B) mice whose brains grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries whose neurons increase when they
(C) mice's brains that grow when they are placed in a stimulating environment or canaries' neurons that increase when they
(D) the brain growth in mice when placed in a stimulating environment or the increase in canaries' neurons when they
(E) brain growth in mice that are placed in a stimulating environment or an increase in neurons in canaries that
这道题很多同学最后会剩下BCE三个选项,不知道如何排除。我们看B选项的核心词是mice and canaries,C选项核心词是 brains and neurons, E选项核心词是 brain growth和 an increase, 根据语义,前面说 neurogenesis (细胞产生)包括了什么?应该包括的是brain growth 和 an increase 所以选E。
举了这么多例子,同学们掌握 GMAT句子改错中核心语义转换的出题套路了吧~ 在以后的刷题过程中,希望同学们能够多思考,多分析,多总结,加油!
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