GMAT語法難題講解

    我們看一道題來說明從幾個(gè)都是錯(cuò)誤的選項(xiàng)中來找出一個(gè)相對(duì)正確答案的應(yīng)用。

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.

（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‘s， will 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.

這道題目中A選項(xiàng)的it is hoped是個(gè)插入語，應(yīng)該前后用兩個(gè)逗號(hào)隔開。而且A中的which語法上看指代了dollar美圓，而從邏輯來分析其實(shí)是應(yīng)該指代program項(xiàng)目的，所以A錯(cuò)了。B選項(xiàng)和C選項(xiàng)用了hopefully這個(gè)詞，這不符合商業(yè)英文的用法，一般是錯(cuò)誤的，應(yīng)該改為it is hoped。D選項(xiàng)犯了個(gè)非常嚴(yán)重的語法錯(cuò)誤，它缺少謂語，所以肯定是錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)。最后答案選E，而其實(shí)E選項(xiàng)也只是個(gè)相對(duì)最佳而非絕對(duì)最優(yōu)，因?yàn)樗帕薓odernizing the steel mill這個(gè)分詞結(jié)構(gòu)做主語，應(yīng)該把它改成the modernization of the steel mill名詞形式來做主語會(huì)更好一點(diǎn)，但由于這只是個(gè)不簡潔的錯(cuò)誤，屬于有效性的錯(cuò)誤，與A，B，C，D的錯(cuò)誤性質(zhì)比較起來顯得輕微許多，所以答案選E。

   只要掌握了一定技巧，加上平日基礎(chǔ)的積累，GMAT語法題難題其實(shí)并不可怕，做題時(shí)首先要先摸清它們的主干，順藤摸瓜，就能找到GMAT語法題難題的考查核心了。