2015年GMAT：2016版本OG新SC题

1、The 19-year-old pia nist and composer performed his most rece nt work all overEurope, Asia, and North America last year, wi nning prestigious awards in bothLondon as well as Tokyo for his achieveme nt at so young an age, and he ishoping to con ti nue compos ing now that he has returned to Chicago.wi

2、 nning prestigious awards in both London as well as Tokyo for hisC A. achieveme nt at so young an age, and he is hop ingwinning prestigious awards both in London and Tokyo for his achieveme nt B.at such a young age, and hop inghav ing won prestigious awards both in London and Tokyo for his r c.achie

3、veme nt at so young an age, hop ingwinning prestigious awards in both London and Tokyo for his achieveme nt C D.at such a young age, and he hopeshav ing won prestigious awards both in London as well as Tokyo for his E.achieveme nt at so young an age, and he hopesIdiom; Grammatical con struct ionThis

4、 sentence is about the past accomplishments and the future ambitions of a musician who recently won awards on a world tour. Insome of the versions of the sentence, the phraseas well as is redundant with the wordboth beforeLondonand Tokyo Idiomatically,the simple conjun cti onand completes the phrase

5、 beg inning withbothA The phrase as well as between Londonand Tokyo is not idiomatic (the idiomatic formula isboth X and 丫). The present progressiveverb is hoping is unnecessarily wordy.B Because hoping is parallel withwinning , it suggests that thehoping and winning are contemporaneous, whereas in

6、fact themusicia n won his awards last year but is now, in the prese nt, upon his retur n, hop ing to continue compos ing.C The prese nt-perfect participial phrasehaving won suggests that his winning took place before his performa nce tour. Furthermore,the use of hoping in this version of the sentenc

7、e suggests that hop ing is somethi ng the pia nist did while on his performa nce tourlast year , but the final phrase,now that he has returned to Chicago , indicates this is not so.D Correct. This version of the sentence uses the correct idiomatic formula (both X and 丫 ).E The participial phrasehavi

8、ng won . . .in accurately states that the musicia n won his awards prior to his performa nce tour.Furthermore, both in London as well as Tokyo is unidiomatic, as indicated in the discussion of (A) above, and unparallel (in shouldeither precede both, or else in should be added beforeTokyc).大仙点评：这是一道毫

9、无营养的弱智题，用both。and个考点就可以破，妈的 GMA（你又给广大中国考生上药让大家产生幻觉。Australia n embryologists have found evide nee that suggests that the elepha nt is desce nded from an aquatic ani mal, and its trunk origi nally evo Iving as a kind of sno rkel.that suggests that the elepha nt is desce nded from an aquatic ani mal,

10、and r a.its trunk orig in ally evo Ivingthat has suggested the elepha nt desce nded from an aquatic ani mal, its B.trunk origi nally evo Ivingsuggest ing that the elepha nt had desce nded from an aquatic ani mal with r C.its trunk origi nally evolvedto suggest that the elepha nt had desce nded from

11、an aquatic ani mal and C D.its trunk origi nally evolvedto suggest that the elepha nt is desce nded from an aquatic ani mal and C E.that its trunk originally evolvedParallelism; Verb FormThe clearest, most economical way of expressing the two things suggested by Australian embryologists evidence is

12、to format them asrelative clauses servi ng as parallel direct objects of the verbsuggest. It is awkward and confusing to stri ng together relativeclauses: evidence that suggests that the elephant. A clearer way of maki ng this conn ecti on is to tur n the verbsuggests into aparticiple modifying evid

13、ence. The word descendedis a predicate adjective following the present-tense verbis and describing theprese nt-day elepha nt. The verbevolved should be past tense because it describes how the trunk of the elepha ntoriginally evolved,not how it is evolvi ng today.A The stri ng of relative phrases is

14、awkward and confusing; the phrase follow ing the conj un cti onand is not parallel with therelative clause that the elephant is descended. BThe evide ncestill suggests these thi ngs about the evoluti on of the elepha nt and its trunk, so the prese nt-perfect verb tense isin accurate.C Had descendedi

15、s the wrong verb ten se;with cannot be followed by an in depe ndent clause.D Had descendedis the wrong ten se; the phrase follow ing the conjun cti onand does not parallel the relative clause that precedesthe conjun cti on.E Correct. The two dependent clauses beginning withthat are in parallel form

16、and contain verbs in the correct tenses.大仙点评：有点勉强的一道题目，主要是suggest发出者其实是abc较为清楚，但两个事件的平行对象的确是E处理得最好。另外时态也是一个关键考点，整个题目都是围绕事件的主次和动词 作文章。Having bee n n amed for a mythological ny mph who cared for the infant Jupiter, the asteroid n amed Ida, in the middle of the belt of asteroids that orbit the Sun betw

17、een Mars and Jupiter, was discovered in 1884.Havi ng bee n n amed for a mythological ny mph who cared for the infantC A. Jupiter, the asteroid named Ida, in the middle of the belt of asteroidsthat orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, was discovered in 1884.厂 B Discovered in 1884, the asteroid Ida

18、, n amed for a mythological ny mph whocared for the infant Jupiter, is in the middle of the belt of asteroidsthat orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.In the middle of the belt of asteroids that orbit the Sun betwee n Mars C. and Jupiter, the asteroid Ida, discovered in 1884 and named for a mythol

19、ogical ny mph who cared for the infantJupiter.The asteroid Ida, n amed for a mythological ny mph who cared for the D. i nfant Jupiter and discovered in 1884, is in the middle of the belt of asteroids to orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.Ida, an asteroid discovered in 1884 and which wasn amed fo

20、r a厂 E. mythological nymph who cared for the infant Jupiter, is in the middle ofthe belt of asteroids to orbit the Sun betwee n Mars andJupiterRhetorical con structi on; Logical predicati on; Grammatical con structi onThis sentence describes a discovery that occurred in 1884 and provides some additi

21、onal information about the object that wasdiscovered. The most effectively worded an swer choice ope ns with a past-participial phrase (discovered .) describ ing the subjectof the sen ten ce,the asteroid Ida . Ida s discovery is logically prior to its naming, described in a sec ond past, follow ing thesubject ( named . . .). The sentence is then completed with a present tense linking verbis + prepositional phrase to explain Ida slocati on.A Opening with a past perfect passive verb,Having been named, this version of the sentence illogically suggests that bei ng