GMAT句子改错题(sentence correction),是整个GMAT考试中对考生英语语法能力考查要求最高的题型,也往往是中国学生最为头疼的一类题目。没有扎实的语法基础和一定的逻辑分析能力,想要做好句子改错题难度极高。如何提升GMAT句子改错题的解题能力?下面小编就为大家整理了一些经典例题,结合实例分析为大家讲解GMAT句子改错题的解题思路和方法技巧。
实例题目:
Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients’ misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.
(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
选项分析:
(A)in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
【错误】 修饰成分:“in attributing”作主谓结构“the perpetrators are in effect told……”的状语,容易使人误解“attributing”的逻辑主语是“perpetrators”,但实际上其逻辑主语本应为“attorneys”。
(B)if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
【正确】 “if”引导了完整的条件状语从句,虽然这个从句使用了被动语态但表以上克服了(A)等中存在的“attributing”与“perpetrators”之间可疑的逻辑上的主谓关系,因此表意更加明确,在GMAT考察的标准书面英语中语义问题要优先于被动语态带来的简洁性问题考虑,因此本选项表意优于其他选项。“is attributed to……”是表达“把……归因于……”的正确搭配。
【大意】 辩护律师偶尔会辩护称其委托人的被控行为源于对某些消化物的反应。但如果犯罪或不良行为被归因于对某一食物的过敏,公诉人实际上在被告知他们(委托人或被告人)不对他们的行为负有责任。
(C)in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
【错误】 修饰成分:见(A)。
(D)if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
【错误】 固定搭配:“把……归因于……”应使用搭配“attribute to”而不是“attribute as”。
(E)in attributing a food, allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
【错误1】 修饰成分:见(A)。
【错误2】 固定搭配:见(D)。
解题思路:
不存在“attributed as”表达“把……归因于……”的搭配,立即排除(D)、(E)。
“in attributing” 结构中“attributing”的逻辑主语容易被误解为“perpetrators”,表意不合理,排除(A)、(C),因此选择(B)。
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