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GMAT语法题,又称句子改错题(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,想要做好语法题难度极高。怎样做好GMAT语法题?下面小编就通过一些经典真题的实例解析,为大家全面讲解GMAT语法题的解题思路和方法技巧。
实例题目:
His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas.
(A) in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas
(B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
(C) when great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate
(D) when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas
(E) when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate
选项分析:
(A)in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas
【错误】 动词时态:过去完成时的“had existed”表示发生在“过去的过去”的事 ,但不意味着有“过去的过去”就一定有过去完成时。诚然,“existed”是发生在“led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose”的过去的动作,但过去完成时当需要突出过去动作或时间的先后顺序时才能合理使用,本题中,“ice sheets existed……”仅仅是在叙述一个一般意义的过去历史事件而已,而并无须强调“existed”与“led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose”之间的先后顺序,因此本选项中误用了过去完成时。
(B)in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
【正确】 名词性从句“what are now temperate areas”根据语法规则可以表达“现在是温和地带的(地方)”的含义,表意合理。定语从句“in which great ice sheets existed”正确地修饰了“an age”
【大意】 在他阿尔卑斯家乡的研究使得Louis Agassiz在1873年提出了巨大冰层曾存在于现在是温和地带的地方的时期的概念。
(C)when great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate
【错误】 句子意思: “existed where there were areas now temperate”译成中文为“存在于过去有现在温和地区(temperate area)的地方”,表意逊于(B)。
(D)when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas
【错误1】 动词时态:见(A)。
【错误2】 修饰成分: “current”本意上修饰“temperate”,意为“现在温和”,但作为形容词“current”无法修饰另一个形容词“temperate”,本应使用副词“currently”。
(E)when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate
【错误】 修饰成分:“now”本意上修饰定语从句“that are temperate”中的“are temperate”,但“now”出现在“that”之前,即其引导的定语从句之外,因此无法修饰定语从句中的某一结构,而只能修饰过去时的“existed”,但这明显不合理。
解题思路:
过去完成时当且仅当有必要用来突出过去时间的先后顺序,即突出表达“过去的过去”时才会使用,因此此处(A)和(D)误用了过去完成时。
(C)和(E)由于句意和修饰关系不合理,无法准确表达合理含义。
因此选择(B)。