GMAT(VERBAL)语法改错模拟试卷13(题后含答案及解析)

GMAT（VERBAL）语法改错模拟试卷13 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有： 2.

1． The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts.

A．will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts B．begins at 9 a.m., continuing until the supply lasts

C．will begin at 9 a.m. and, until the supply lasts, will continue

D．begins at 9 a.m. and, as long as the supply may last, it continuesE．will begin at 9 a.m. and continue as long as the supply lasts

正确答案：E

解析：A、B、C中的until时间状语从句与所修饰的谓语动词不能形成恰当的逻辑关系，因为“销售将继续直到供应持续”理解起来很别扭。until属误用，应改为条件从句的引导词as long as(以…为条件，只要)，句意即为“只要供应持续，销售就继续”。D选项的结构故意复杂化，且又冗长，时态不对，排除。选E。 知识模块：语法改错

2． Several senior officials spoke to the press on condition that they not be named in the story.

A．that they not be named

B．that their names will not be used C．that their names are not used

D．of not being namedE．they will not be named

正确答案：A 解析：on condition that要求that从句中动词用虚拟动词形式：动词原形。 知识模块：语法改错

3． Minnesota is the only one of the contiguous forty-eight states that still has a sizable wolf population, and where this predator remains the archenemy of cattle and sheep.

A．that still has a sizable wolf population, and where B．that still has a sizable wolf population, where

C．that still has a sizable population wolves, and where D．where the populations of wolves is still sizable;E．where there is still a sizable population of wolves and where

正确答案：E

解析：A中有两个缺陷：(1)a sizable wolf population的表达有歧义：不知sizable是修饰wolf，还是修饰population；(2)and前后的结构不对称，and之前

的states在从句中作主语，and之后的states在从句中作状语。B也有两个缺陷：(1)同A(1)；(2)由于在where前省去and，导致where变成了指代它前面的population，而这不符合where的用法。C改正A(1)的错误，A(2)的错误仍存在。D改变了句意，still本来是修饰has的，现却改为修饰sizable；同时，句尾用“分号”，使得分号前后本应属于从属关系的句子变为同等重要的成分，改变了句子重心。E中，用where代替that，与后面的and where构成平行结构，用a sizable population of wolf纠正了a sizable wolfpopulation的歧义，用there be句型表明了“某处有某物”。 知识模块：语法改错

4． Recently implemented “shift-work equations” based on studies of the human sleep cycle have reduced sickness, sleeping in the job, fatigue among shift workers, and have raised production efficiency in various industries.

A．fatigue among shift workers, and have raised B．fatigue among shift workers, and raised

C．and fatigue among shift workers while raising

D．lowered fatigue among shift workers, and raisedE．and fatigue among shift workers was lowered while raising

正确答案：C

解析：由reduced和raise意义上的对比，及这种“减效应(病)”和“增效应(生产效率)”的同时性；决定仅有while raising能满足此表达要求。而A、B、D中and都无法反映“对比”的关系。D中的lowered与前面的reduced构成了“同义重复”。E的was lowered是多余的。 知识模块：语法改错

5． Most Large companies prefer customized computer software because it can be molded to fit the way a company does business, when off-the-shelf software often require the company to alter its procedures to fit the software.

A．when B．since C．whereas

D．becauseE．insofar as

正确答案：C

解析：because引导的状语从句中前后两部分的内容是对比的关系，只能选C。 知识模块：语法改错

6． The Iroquois were primarily planters, but supplementing their cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.

A．but supplementing B．and had supplemented

C．and even though they supplemented

D．although they supplementedE．but with supplementing

正确答案：D

解析：本句中，but是连词，不是介词，因而其后不跟现在分词，A错。B不能表示“让步”的含义。C中and属多余。D正确，表明了前后之间的“让步”含义。E中but之后的介词短语无与之平行的部分。 知识模块：语法改错

7． Once they had seen the report from the medical examiner, the investigators did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was the man who had attempted to escape from the state prison.

A．did not doubt whether the body recovered from the river was B．have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was C．had not doubted that the body recovered from the river was D．have no doubt whether the body recovered from the river was that ofE．had no doubt that the body recovered from the river was that of

正确答案：E

解析：从once从句中的过去完成时，决定B、D中用“have”表示现在完成时不对。C中的had not doubted时态也不对，且C中的that从句中“尸体是那个男人”在搭配上不妥。A中的搭配同样有此问题。A、B、C同时还存在着一个大的问题是：在主从复合句中，当主句的含义是肯定的时，宾语从句用that引导；而只有当主句的含义是否定的时，宾语从句才用whether引导。在A、B、C中，doubt本身具有否定含义，但在前面加上否定词“no或not”，就变成肯定语气，使用whether来引导宾语从句就是错误的。只有E对，had no doubt之后用that引导宾语从句。同时，在the man之前加that of，逻辑搭配就恰当了： “尸体是那个男人的尸体。” 知识模块：语法改错

8． In the last few years, the number of convicted criminals given community service sentences, which allow the criminal to remain unconfined while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have risen dramatically.

A．sentences, which allow the criminal to remain unconfined, while they perform specific jobs benefiting the public, have

B．sentences, performing specific jobs that benefit the public while being allowed to remain unconfined, have

C．sentences, performing specific jobs beneficial to the public while they are allowed to remain unconfined, have

D．sentences which allow them to remain unconfined in their performing of specific jobs beneficial to the public hasE．sentences allowing them to remain unconfined while performing specific jobs that benefit the public has

正确答案：E 解析：根据主谓一致原则，主语the number of criminals的谓语动词应用单数has，应立刻排除A、B、C。D的错误在于把句意做了改动。原句的意思是“在他们(指罪犯们)不受囚禁的同时做一些有益于社会的工作”，而D却把主次颠倒，改为： “在做一些有益于社会的工作的同时不受监禁。”E中之所以用allowing代替定语从句，是因为allowing这些动作是持续性的，而不仅仅是现在的情况。 知识模块：语法改错

9． Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.

A．and their families have a history of high blood pressure B．whose families have a history of high blood pressure C．and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family

D．whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in themE．with a history of high blood pressure running in their family

正确答案：B

解析：A、C的句子结构出现混乱，在that从句中主要动词are之前又出现了动词have和runs，并且无任何引导词表明这两个动词是某个从句的谓语动词。E中with介词短语在bloodpressure之后，表明其修饰“blood pressure”，与原意不苻。B中的whose指代young people，have明确为定语从句中的动词。而D中running in them纯属多余，是句废话。 知识模块：语法改错

10． Presenters at the seminar, one who is blind, will demonstrate adaptive equipment that allows visually impaired people to use computers.

A．one who

B．one of them who C．and one of them who

D．one of whomE．one of which

正确答案：D 解析：根据定语从句中的第六点所提到的结构，此题属于“名词+分词+which／whom结构”，因指人，用whom，其他表达都不对。 知识模块：语法改错

11． In the textbook publishing business, the second quarter is historically weak, because revenues are low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school year.

A．low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare B．low and their marketing expenses are high as they prepare C．low with higher marketing expenses in preparation

D．low, while marketing expenses are higher to prepareE．low, while their marketing expenses are higher in preparation

正确答案：A

解析：B错，因their和they之前没有一个复数名词，they指代无从谈起。C、D、E错在比较级higher不成立，因为在句中并未出现过比较对象。A的逻辑关系很明确，大意为：在此时期出版业收入较低，而出版公司为来年做准备又导致销售费用高。 知识模块：语法改错

12． There is a speculation that increasing cold weather was what many have

been responsible for the Anasazi move for Mesa Verde to sites in other canyons.

A．that increasing cold weather was what may have been B．whether increasing cold weather was what was C．that increasingly cold weather was what had been

D．whether increasingly cold weather may have been what wasE．that increasingly cold weather may have been

正确答案：E

解析：A、B、C、D最致命的错误在于：what从句属多余。可以用简化句子的办法来证明这一点，把that从句简化：weather was／had been／may have been what从句+responsible for sth．。从语法角度和句意上来分析，在be+( )+responsible for结构中，( )部分只可能是副词，而不可能是名词，而what从句却只相当于名词，而绝不可能作副词，因而A、B、C、D中的what从句属多余。同时，A、B中的现在分词increasing在此处只能修饰weather，意思显然不通，应改为increasingly修饰cold，才符合原意，也符合逻辑。D中whether用错(此处是同位语从句，仅能用that引导)；C中，increasingly与was搭配是不妥的，increasingly暗示一正在发生的动作。 知识模块：语法改错

13． Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increase in sale, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.

A．when unaccompanied correspondingly by increase in sale, can lead

B．when not accompanied by correspondingly increases in sales, possibly leads C．when they were not accompanied by correspondingly sales increases, can lead D．if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leadsE．if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead

正确答案：E

解析：该句的大意是： “如果存货扩大却不能伴随相应的销售上的增加，就可能会削减产量，从而阻碍经济增长。”根据increases in sales的习惯搭配，可排除C、D；再根据主谓一致原则，可排除B。inventories和leads的主谓搭配不妥。A、E的差异在于：correspondingly在A中修饰动词unaccompany，译为“如不相应地伴随销售上的增长”，改变了原意。而E中corresponding作为形容词，修饰increase(名词)，符合句意。 知识模块：语法改错

14． If the new airboat does what it is to be doing—travel at high speeds undeterred by sandbars, crocodile-infested mudflats, or marshy hippo haunts—it could revolutionize transport on the 2,900-mile-long Congo River.

A．If the new airboat does what it is to be doing B．If the new airboat does what it is supposed to do C．If it does as the new airboat is supposed to do

D．Doing what it is the new airboat is supposed to doE．Doing what the new airboat is to be doing

正确答案：B

解析：A、E中is to be doing是一种故意复杂化的表达，要表达进行时， “is doing”足矣。D中，结构故意复杂，且无法表示原句要求的条件语气；it指代除new airboat以外的物体，改变句意。B正确，大意为“如果这种新气垫船现在能达到原来设计要求的那些功能的话”(暗示：现在还未达到，因而才有主句的“could”——整个句子是对现在事实的虚拟，注意，此句中条件句的时态是一般现在时，而未用“did”)。 知识模块：语法改错

15． Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.

A．when there is a rise in short-term rates and, on the other hand, they are unable to raise

B．when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise

C．when a rise in short-term rates occurs and, correspondingly, there is no rise possible in

D．with a rise in short-term rates, and they are unable to raiseE．with short-term rates on the rise and no rise possible in

正确答案：B

解析：D、E有一个同样错误。一般来说，with短语若要作为伴随状语，应放在“theysometimes”之前，但在D、E中，with短语更可能被认为是money的修饰语，同时D中， “and theyare unable to raise”由原来的从属位置变成了与“they sometimes lose money”相并列的同等重要的主要句子，改变了句子的重心。E中还有两处表达不符合习惯用法：short-term rates on the rise应为a rise in short-term rates；no rise possible in应改为no possible rise in。A、C与B比较，表达啰嗦：“there is a rise in short—term rates”和“a rise in short-term rates occurs”都没有“short-term ratesrises”的表达简洁。C中的there be句型无法反映出“they are unable to raise”之意，因为there be句型仅指某处有某物，表示“自然”存在。 知识模块：语法改错

16． The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.

A．The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is

B．Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant,

C．In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been

D．One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years isE．In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of

正确答案：D

解析：在主谓一致中，提到过：one of+复数名词之后的定语从句的先行词是复数名词，因而A中which和is主谓不一致。B中has been位置应在one of the most significant之后，倒装不知是何意图?且has been应为is。C中has been应换为is。E中that it has had的表达笨拙，不如直接在experienced之前加上has，此外that of的指代方式是错误的。 知识模块：语法改错

17． Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem to deny a proper defense to many clients who are charged with crimes.

A．Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem

B．Severe and increasing numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies seeming

C．Severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem

D．Severely and increasingly numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system seemingE．Severely and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem

正确答案：C

解析：A、B中用increasing numerous critics就表明increasing修饰critics，这在逻辑上不通；而应是用副词形式increasingly修饰numerous。E中用副词severely，就表明severely和increasingly共同修饰numerous，逻辑不通。D中用seeming紧跟在system之后，又表明seeming现在分词短语修饰system，而句意中seeming短语中的内容是修饰deficiencies的。因而D修饰关系错。C中severe和increasingly形式正确，同时that从句紧跟在system之后并不会造成修饰关系混乱，这是因为that从句中的动词seem是复数形式，从而决定了其先行词为system之前的复数名词deficiencies，避免了A中通过重复deficiencies的不够简洁的表达。注意：本句是一个跳跃修饰的典型例子。 知识模块：语法改错

18． Most victims of infectious mononucleosis recover after a few weeks of listlessness, but an unlucky few may suffer for years.

A．but an unlucky few may suffer B．and unlucky few have suffered C．that an unlucky few might suffer D．that a few being unlucky may sufferE．but a few who, being unlucky, suffered

正确答案：A 解析：由句意中的Most recover和a few suffer可推断两个分句之间是转折关系，排除B、C、D。E中不仅表达复杂，且省去了情态动词may。 知识模块：语法改错

19． Although just inside the orbit of Jupiter, amateur astronomers with good

telescopes should be able to see the comet within the next few weeks.

A．Although just inside the orbit of B．Although it is just inside the orbit of C．Just inside the orbit of

D．Orbiting just insideE．Having orbited just inside

正确答案：B

解析：A、C、D、E的表达形式尽管不同，但都表明主句的主语amateur astronomer是句首让步从句(分词或介词短语)的语法上的主语。但从逻辑上讲，全错，因为这些短语或从句的真正逻辑主语应是the comet，两者产生矛盾。因此B正确，用it指代主句中的the comment，使用了完整的让步从句，避免了逻辑错误。 知识模块：语法改错

20． The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General Muhammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fort.

A．who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as B．who, establishing a mosque in the building, used the Acropolis like

C．who, when he had established a mosque in the building, used the Acropolis like

D．who had established a mosque in the building, using the Acropolis to beE．establishing a mosque in the building and using the Acropolis as

正确答案：A

解析：由use sth．as sth．else的用法，排除B、C、D(句末用like或to be不符合习惯表达)。E改变了句意，其中的现在分词的内容是前面when从句的伴随结果，而这在逻辑上是不通的。A中用who从句限定the Turkish sultan，准确表达了句意，也仅有此人才能作“establish和use”的动作执行者。同时B、C、D的表达都未能正确描述establish和use两个动作的时间顺序关系：先establish，再use的顺序。 知识模块：语法改错

21． Ms. Chambers is among the forecasters who predict that the rate of addition to arable lands will drop while those of loss rise.

A．those of loss rise B．it rises for loss C．those of losses rise

D．the rate of loss risesE．there are rises for the rate of loss

正确答案：D 解析：由drop和rise可断定符合while的前后对比的用法，再根据形式尽可能的一致原则，仅D中the rate of loss与the rate of addition在形式上的对应最一致。 知识模块：语法改错

22． Once common throughout the Western plains, black-footed ferrets are

thought to have declined in number as a result of the poisoning of prairie dogs, their prey.

A．black-footed ferrets are thought to have declined in number B．it is thought that the decline in number of black-footed ferrets is C．the decline in the number of black-footed ferrets is thought of as D．that black-footed ferrets have declined in their numbers is thought to beE．the numbers of the black-footed ferrets are thought to have declined as

正确答案：A 解析：句首是once引导的时间状语的省略形式，由此省略形式决定了B、C、D、E(it，the decline和the numbers)均不能作主句的主语，而主句仅能由black—footed ferrets担任。只有A项符合此要求，其中用了动词不定式的完成体，表明decline是发生在think之前的动作。 知识模块：语法改错

23． Because the financial review covered only the last few fiscal years, and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible earlier overpayments.

A．and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible B．so therefore the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of

C．therefore the investigators were unable to determine the possible extent of D．the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent ofE．the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible

正确答案：E 解析：由于句首已使用because，因而A、B、C中第二分句之间的and therefore，sotherefore和therefore均为多余。D、E比较，D有两个缺陷：(1)在公理中提到过：be able to优先于be capable of doing sth．；(2)possible本应修饰overpayments却被改变位置用来修饰the extent，句意被改变。 知识模块：语法改错

24． After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but as late as the nineteenth century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six.

A．After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but

B．Even though children’s life expectancy, which improved over the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate,

C．Although life expectancy for children improved after the colonial period, during which the mortality rate was 50 percent,

D．While there was an improvement in life expectancy for children after the 50 percent mortality rate of the Colonial period, stillE．Despite children’s life expectancy improvement from the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate,

正确答案：C

解析：E中用despite引导让步状语不恰当，在“公理”部分已提到，其不能准确句意。B中的表达使整个句子缺乏主句，句子不完整。A中有两个缺陷：(1)句意模糊，前后逻辑关系很疏松；(2)after短语的含义不清，for children本应用来修饰life expectancy却放在了谓语动词immigrated之后，不知何意。D中still余，after短语中核心词为mortality rate，导致after短语在句中理解不通(并非时间状语)。 知识模块：语法改错

25． The medieval scholar made almost no attempt to investigate the anatomy of plants, their mechanisms of growth, nor the ways where each was related to the other.

A．nor the way where each was related to the other B．nor how each was related to some other C．or the way where one is related to the next

D．or the ways in which they are related to one anotherE．or the ways that each related to some other

正确答案：D

解析：由题意知，此处需要一连词使the anatomy,mechanism和the ways并列，而nor不能担当此功能，此句中并列部分非句子，而nor需与neither连用，由此，排除A、B。where本应代替地点状语，指代the ways不恰当(查阅本章中where的用法)，可排除A、C。E中that指the ways，但当把the ways代入从句中后，却不知其在定语从句中作何成分，因为定语从句中并不缺主语和宾语。从另一个角度看，B、C、E中的each与some other,one或the next不对称。D中the ways在定语从句中作方式状语，同时复数形式的the ways和they均与前面的平行部分相呼应。 知识模块：语法改错