[問題]gwd-12-19

[stilalala]

不好意思喔...我的想法跟大家有一點不一樣..提出來一起討論一下喔
關於C...我覺得they 是代替前面提到的signs
而it則是代替前面的trouble..
因為這樣翻譯起來比較順
而且代名詞應該要代替離它最近的名詞啊
大概意思...executive 太專注(用心)在一件事上時..很可能錯過或是誤解一些先前trouble給的徵兆..尤其是如果那個trouble那時候被處理的很好時
(當然是因為那個trouble在那時候被處理的很好..所以executive才會miss or misinterpret,不然如果問題很大且都沒被處裡..一定會發現啊..)
所以我覺得it是代替前面的trouble...
希望沒有誤導大家...

不怎麼同意耶
我覺得it = a course of action
因為文意應該是executive commiyyed to a course of action,特別是這樣的action在以前運作的很好的話,executive 就變得很容易忽略一些代表trouble的訊號或者誤判這些訊號
我認為把整件事情想成trouble 過去處理的很好,似乎是過度衍伸了


呵呵其實不知道該怎麼表達比較好
但是我想It不太可能代troble的

[juyu]

附和一下,上專班時,莫老大有說it=a course of action..

[carollai]

做完仔細靜下心來看,
(C)真的是最簡潔, 把miss or misinterpret 做成一個compound predicate,
這樣signs可以共用, 不必在那邊代來代去的,
(A)的錯不多廢話,
(D)的S=Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action,
AT裡, 除非無路可走, 還是不要選這種主詞的好,
而且後面的them代替誰? 前面根本沒有複數名詞,
(E)完全改變句意, 沒說到底是誰做的action?
只講了一個不知那來的action會讓executives miss signs,
最後我覺得(B)的one會造成anbiguity,
按句意, 應該one=a course of action, 因course of action應看成一個字, 意為行動方針,
但文法上來看, 似乎one=an executive,
而且說(B)亂寫我是同意的, make後面要不加雙受詞, 要不後面加原形動詞,
這裡的make missing signs如果真要解釋,
意思是, an executive創造了一個missing(adj.) signs(n.)
signs一下用them一下用ones, 搞不懂在幹嘛,
可以確定的是, GMAT的原則, 一個名詞只能用一個代名詞,
不可以一個代名詞配二個不同名詞, 或是一個名詞配二個代名詞,
尤其還在同一個子句的先行詞裡, 可以想像OG應該會說awkward或是confusing
不過我也想知道, 可以前面用one代個單數名詞, 再用ones代另一個複數名詞嗎?
求解......

不可以的 因為一個句子裡代名詞只能帶一個名詞
若是也帶其他名詞 不是會讓句亦不清楚嗎

[ktc]

C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.

不好意思，我有點confused
大家常提"指代不清"
這裡有兩個代名詞一個 they一個it

they我比較沒有疑問，因為也只有一個複數名詞
it我就非常搞不懂了，如果it=a course of action(而這個名詞又出現在who所引導的句子裡)，我實在很難把它們連結
也造成有人討論it到底在指什麼，這不就是指代不清了嗎？

到底怎樣才能作有效的判斷呢？
謝謝

to agk老大：[color=orange]動詞就用動詞，時態一致，指代清晰、句意清楚--[color=olive]我已經把這當成口訣了，選答案前，用這幾句話問自已！好用好用[/color][/color]

[田君豪]

坦白說，代a cource of action我覺得挺勉強的，我的ETS觀念總是將it指代單一詞(虛主詞例外)，很少有代片語的
但這不代a course of action 好像就不知代誰了，總不會代到executive吧
更何況其他選項選不下去呀，我有想過E，但最後還是刪了
理由只有一個，ETS不會出這麼醜的句子

其實ETS用it代片語也不見得很少見，
像同回(GWD12回)的第30題的最後那一個it就是代片語the age of thirty唷^^

[pimi]

我想請問一下
有沒有好心人可以告訴我an executive who is heavily committed to a course of action是像如下這樣翻嗎?
"一個執行者被委以執行這個重任"

[dibert8]

an executive who is heavily committed to a course of action
高階主管對一項任務程序下了"使命必達"的承諾

[aqboy[origen]]

看了CD裡面的討論,這一題的答案好像是Eㄟ

C選項有兩個地方不好:

1. it 離指代的a course of action 太遠了, 雖然不好但還是可接受

2.改變句意:(C) miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear.

(E) miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear

根據邏輯, miss 和 appear 不會同時發生,

所以正確句意應該是, "錯過" signs of incipient trouble 或者 "誤解"signs of incipient trouble 當signs出現的時候


至於E選項,請大家看一下 PP1的103題

103.

Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.

(A) because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to
(B) because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
(C) being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will
(D) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
(E) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become

答案是D

結構跟E選項相同,

Being genetically engineered does not make a plant (主詞a plant 動詞being genetically engineered)

Being heavily committed to a course of action,同位語, is likely to make an executive (主詞 an executive 動詞 being heavily committed)

這樣一來,答案應該就是E了(句意對,文法對)

being應該要少選,但不是完全不選

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

I agree with aqboy's answer. There is no error in this choice.

Moreover,

C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.

if "it" refer to "a course of action", the clause should be passive voice.

[ad264]

action 應該可以用 has worked well.

ex: affirmative action has worked well for these uniformed services.
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不過，答案是E比較好

C 的錯誤摘至國外網站
- "miss or misinterpret signs... when they do appear" 外國人認為寫法怪
- it 指代有問題，可指 "course of action,"或 "incipient trouble."
- it has worked well is not able to modify the action properly as placed too far.

唉呀，我選C

aqboy 讀的好徹底，找出prep的那句話來！

[yuyutseng]

剛在新版的PP-1 裡面有這一題
看了看正確答案, 是 E ...............
所以, 好像不能看到being 就刪刪刪.

[redcircle]

這題也是OG12-101

根據OG解釋
(A)被動;it 指代不清;邏輯錯誤
(B)邏輯錯誤;when they do appear位置錯誤
(C)it 指代不清
(D)整個句子wordy and awkward(Executives' being...);misinterpreting要改成to misinterpret(為要和前面的to miss平行)
(E)正確

破題關鍵在句意...
而且要注意signs這個關鍵字
一定是有誰who miss signs, 所以(A)makes it likely to miss(B)...past, makes missing signs (D)makes them likely to miss signs =>(A)(B)(D)都不是指人, 刪

(E)Being heavily committed to a course of action,...(中間插入句=>補充)..., is likely to make an executive(人) miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear. =>果然是句型和句意都最好的

我覺得這題好難, 考試真的不容易短時間做對

[yentzu]

C 的確是標準答案，雖然句子最後的it離它的先行詞太遠讓很多人恨得牙癢癢的。

這種題目是故意把最好的寫法打散、扭曲，以便讓你不喜歡它，然後再將它跟其他幾個更差的選項放在一起，以便測試你是否能挑出五項中最能讓人「勉強」接受的。

這個句子在一般寫作中，大家都知道最好的、流暢而清楚的寫法是 B的前半段加上 E 的後半段（的架構），如下：

An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

做 s/c 最好保持「靈台清明」---- 守住文法的原則-----碰到怪題，要認清它可能只是ETS擾亂人心的花招（真正考試時，他們可能不會出這些題目），絕對不要為那幾條罕見的怪題去扭曲你的（本來正確的）文法觀念。

[e760323]

可是我的OG12th這題答案是(E)耶.....
我本來以為是版本不同的關係，但詳細閱讀題目後，選項都跟書上一樣，但我的答案是(E)
而且老莫在檢討模考題目時也說這題答案是(E)，還特別強調這一題大部分的人看到(E)有being就會直接刪掉，結果就把正確答案刪掉了，所以這題有陷阱......
看各位討論的這麼激烈，到底答案是(E)還是(C)?