2015年gmat考试押题试卷及答案（二）

　　1. The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,” a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to found.

(A) a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a

(B) a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a

(C) a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well

(D) critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of

(E) critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own envisioning of

答案解析如下：

(A)a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a

【正确】 “as well as”两边比一定连接平行对象，但“a critique……”和“a vision……”用“as well as”平行在一起，没有任何错误，正确地作同位语修饰了“‘Essay on Heat and Light’”。

【大意】 十九世纪化学家Humphry Davy在《Essay on Heat and Light》中叙述了他早期实验的结果，这篇文章是对Robert Boyle之后所有化学的批评以及对Davy希望发现的新化学的憧憬。

(B)a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a

【错误】 平行结构：本选项将“a critique”和“his envisioning of”平行在一起，但如(A)所示，“envision”存在相应的专有名词“vision”，因此并不需要使用“envisioning of”这种表达方式。

(C)a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well

【错误】 平行结构： “a critique of”是一个专有化名词概念，而“envisioning”(由于其后没接“of”)仅仅是一个动名词，两者逻辑概念不对等，不应平行。

(D)critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of

【错误1】 修饰成分：“，critiquing”放在主谓结构“Humphry Davy presented……”的尾部作伴随状语，表意逊于(A)中的用“a critique”作修饰"Essay on Heat and Light"的同位语。

【错误2】 平行结构：类似地“critiquing”和“a vision of”无法平行。

【错误3】 简洁明了：“and”和“also”之间存在语义重复。

(E)critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own envisioning of

【错误1】 修饰成分：见(D)中【错误1】。

【错误2】 平行结构：见(B)。

【最优解题思路推荐】

只有(A)选项“and”两端的结构平行且语义合理，因此选择(A)。

　　2. According to some analysts, the gains in the stock market reflect growing confidence that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come in for a "soft landing," followed by a gradual increase in business activity.

(A)that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come

【正确】 “that ”引导的从句作同位语正确地修饰了“confidence”，叙述了“信息”的具体内容，过去完成时的“had feared”与“earlier in the year(今年更早些时候)”语义搭配合理。

【大意】 根据一些分析师的`说法，股票市场的利得反映了正在增长的信心：经济将避免早些时候人们担忧的衰退并达到一个由商业活动逐渐增加跟随着的“软着陆”。

(B)in the economy to avoid the recession, what many feared earlier in the year, rather to come

【错误1】 平行结构：有日常逻辑可知，“to avoid the recession”和“to come”本意上应是平行的，但两个平行的对象不能仅仅用“rather”一个词连接。

【错误2】 固定搭配：不存在“confidence in X to do sth.”表达“对X做某事有信心”的用法。

(C)in the economy's ability to avoid the recession, something earlier in the year many had feared, and instead to come

【错误】 平行结构：有日常逻辑可知，“to avoid the recession”和“to come”本意上应是平行的，但两个平行的对象不能仅仅用“rather”一个词连接。

(D)in the economy to avoid the recession many were fearing earlier in the year, and rather to come

【错误1】 动词时态：“many were fearing”逊于过去完成时的“had feared”，因为“had feared”和“earlier in the year”更加搭配——今年更早些时候，属于“过去的过去”。

【错误2】 固定搭配：见(B)中【错误2】。

(E)that the economy will avoid the recession that was feared earlier this year by many, with it instead coming

【错误1】 动词时态：类似地，见(D)中【错误1】。

【错误2】 简洁明了：在GMAT考察的标准书面英语中，主动句简洁性优于被动句，因此“that was feared”简洁性逊于(A)中“that many had feared”。

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(C)中两个本应平行的“to do”结构没有“and”连接，排除，不存在“confidence in X to do sth.”表达“对X做某事有信心”的用法，排除(B)、(D)。

(A)比(B)相对简洁，因此选择(A)。