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:
Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp’s ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.
(A) requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
(B) requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
(C) that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
(D) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
(E) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
选项分析:
(A)requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
【错误】 主谓一致:“protect”的主语是“their compliance with laws”,至于“requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp
nets”仅仅是修饰“laws”的定语,因此“compliance”与“protect”之间主谓不一致。
(B)requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
【正确】 “requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets”是“laws”的定语,“is protecting”是从句主语“their compliance”的谓语。
【大意】 上周捕虾人召开新闻发布会为珍稀物种Kemp's ridley turtle的恢复抢功,称他们对要求捕虾船安装海龟驱逐器的法律的遵守在保护成年海龟。
(C)that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
【错误】 主谓一致:类似地,见(A)中“主谓一致”,“compliance”与“protect”之间主谓不一致。
(D)to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
【错误】 主谓一致:类似地,见(A)中“主谓一致”,“compliance”与“protect”之间主谓不一致。
(E)to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
【错误】 句子意思:除在一些固定搭配中以外,不定式“to do”表示“目的去做”或“将要去做”,因此“require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets”既不是目的,也不是将要做的事,因此“to require”表意并不合理。
解题思路:
由于主谓不一致,立即排除(A)、(C)、(D)。
(E)中“to require”表意逊于(B)中“requiring”,排除(E)。
因此选择(B)