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:
The automotive conveyor-belt system, which Henry Ford modeled after an assembly-line technique introduced by Ransom Olds, reduced from a day and a half to 93 minutes the required time of assembling a Model T.
(A) from a day and a half to 93 minutes the required time of assembling a Model T
(B) the time being required to assemble a Model T, from a day and a half down to 93 minutes
(C) the time being required to assemble a Model T, a day and a half to 93 minutes
(D) the time required to assemble a Model T from a day and a half to 93 minutes
(E) from a day and a half to 93 minutes, the time required for the assembling of a Model T
选项分析:
(A)from a day and a half to 93 minutes the required time of assembling a Model T
【错误】 简洁明了:在GMAT语法题中表达同一个意思时,简洁性从高到低依次为动词、形容词和副词、一般名词、动名词(简称VANing原则:V——verb,A——adj.或adv.,N——noun,ing——动名词),所以“the required time of assembling”相比 (D)中“time required to assemble”较不简洁。
(B)the time being required to assemble a Model T, from a day and a half down to 93 minutes
【错误】 简洁明了:“time being required”中的“being”完全是多余的。
(C)the time being required to assemble a Model T, a day and a half to 93 minutes
【错误】 简洁明了:类似地,见(B)。
(D)the time required to assemble a Model T from a day and a half to 93 minutes
【正确】 “required to assemble”的简洁性优于其他使用“being required”和“assembling”的选项。
【大意】 自动传送带系统,一种Henry Ford对Ransom Olds引入的流水线技术的模仿,将组装T型车需要的时间从一天半较少到93分钟。
(E)from a day and a half to 93 minutes, the time required for the assembling of a Model T
【错误】 简洁明了:类似地,见(A)。
解题思路:
本题是少有的简洁性解题原则极为有效的例题。(D)没有任何错误,而(A)、(B)、(C)、(E)各存在不简洁的地方,因此选择(D)。