GWD8-32

[agk99]

GWD-8-Q32:
At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company’s powerful microprocessor chip.

A. including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patentinfringement suit and the declining sales for
B. which includes the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and declining sales of
C. included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patentinfringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
D. among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of
E. among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales for


答案給D，可我選B，我知道which在這裡是講company，確實不好，但有沒有人能說說among them的用法

[魚]

大哥 , 我不大確定您的疑問為何 , 大膽假設您是質疑 "代名詞優先代替原題主詞"

這個規則 . if so , please check what the N "優先" means again :P

BTW , beside what you mention above , choice B has another problem

"declining" sale , to be a noun , decline is clear and more precise than declining , a gerund.

3Q

[agk99]

借客戶的電腦回一下
魚小姐
我是問你among them的用法啦
這用法很怪，我很不熟悉，請你指點一下

[Pufa]

OG62
Geologists believe that the warning signs for a major earthquake may include sudden fluctuations in local seismic activity, tilting and other deformations of the Earth's crust, changing the measured strain across a fault zone, and varying the electrical properties of underground rocks.

A.changing the measured strain across a fault zone and varying
B.changing measurements of the strain across a fault zone, and varying
C.changing the strain as measured across a fault zone, and variations of
D.changes in the measured strain across a fault zone, and variations in
E.changes in measurements of the strain across a fault zone, and
variations among

D, the best choice, describes the warning signs in parallel phrases. Despite surface appearances, the nouns changes and variations are parallel with tilting, but the verbal forms changing and varying in A, B, and C are not: tilting, one of the deformations of the Earth's crust, is used here as a noun that is parallel to fluctuations, whereas changing and varying are used as verbs indicating some action undertaken. Moreover, these verbs are used incorrectly because the sentence mentions no subject that is performing these actions. B and E illogically state that it is not the strain but the measurements that portend danger, and among in E wrongly suggests a comparison of different electrical properties rather than of different behaviors of the same properties.

among跟in的不同，參考參考 :)

不知道對agk大哥這題有沒有幫助

[Eileenwang]

請容我再斗膽問一句:
"them"到底是代替哪個名詞阿~~

[micht]

them 應該是指代challenges
(a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit) and (the declining sales for the company’s powerful microprocessor chip) are the two chanllenges.

很多challenges中的其中兩個

[Eileenwang]

也就是說"among them"有點像是including的用法囉?
這題的A可能就是因為including跟among them語意重複所以不選?

雖然還是覺得怪怪的，第一次看到這樣的用法。

[micht]

including
used to introduce something or someone that is part of a larger group or amount you have just mentioned
- opposite excluding
The price is £25.50, including postage and packing.
You'll need a variety of skills, including leadership and negotiating.

可以想成"包括"的意思

這離如果要用including的話會很奇怪....including要包括什麼? 逗點前面的名詞為主要指代noun...這裡不可能指代company....除非講.. challenges, including changing the measured strain across a fault zone, and varying the electrical properties of underground rocks

[Eileenwang]

逗點前面的名詞為主要指代noun...這裡不可能指代company....除非講.. challenges, including changing the measured strain across a fault zone, and varying the electrical properties of underground rocks

I agree with you. 我在想如果including在句子中可以很明確的修飾challenges，應該在本題中也可以使用。

其實among them的them可能修飾challenges或是investors。

[bestjavabean]

D. among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of
among 是界係詞 among N=challenges (which are) the threat of a rival's ................ in sales of.
不知道這樣對不對............
翻成 在面對的挑戰中 有xx and xxx.

[DARY]

D. among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of
among 是界係詞 among N=challenges (which are) the threat of a rival's ................ in sales of.
不知道這樣對不對............
翻成 在面對的挑戰中 有xx and xxx.

去年還在當兵時，每個禮拜天跑出來到美加睡覺....
陳平老師就一直重覆著托福作文的結論段句型...

To sum up, I consider that.... for several reasons, among them A, B, and C. (名詞、動詞、名詞片語、副詞片語都可以，記得平衡)

應該可以當慣用語記起來吧!!

[copycat]

可以有人指較一下E的答案嗎?
我本來想challenges應該用these來代替部用them所以de決選時選了e.
這樣哪裡不行呢??還是後面的as well as有問題 我有點不懂
as well as不能之接替換and嗎?
誰可以救救我..

[Pufa]

可以有人指較一下E的答案嗎?
我本來想challenges應該用these來代替部用them所以de決選時選了e.
這樣哪裡不行呢??還是後面的as well as有問題 我有點不懂
as well as不能之接替換and嗎?
誰可以救救我..

E
these該改成these challenges。
as well as跟and不同，請看CD大牛gemj的解釋。

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以下是引用gemj在2003-9-21 2:11:00的发言：

我认为不允许出现A, B, as well as C的结构，因为as well as不等于AND。as well as的用法是：它后面所接的是前面的若干（包括一个）个东西之后的一个补充，这个补充的东东在地位（性质上）无法与as well as之前的东东构成完美的平行与对称（否则就用AND连接）。如果as well as前面有二个或以上的东东并列，它之前的第一个东东的前面一定要有AND连接。所以A, B, as well as C在逻辑上本身就是有问题的。的确应该改为sbbi所说的"A, B, and C" or "A and B, as well as C"。至于到底是哪一种，要看这三者之间的逻辑关系。
下面是所有阅读与改错中出现的支持上述结论的类似结构。我极为细致地搜遍了40余万字的所有阅读材料，没有找到一个A, B, as well as C的结构。
我突然感到sbbi是一个真正的大师！他在用极其有价值的问题引导我们探索真理！（不会有相互吹捧的嫌疑吧？）
18. While all states face similar industrial waste problems, the predominating industries and regulatory environment of the states obviously determines the types and amounts of waste produced, as well as the cost of disposal.
(A) all states face similar industrial waste problems, the predominating industries and regulatory environment of the states obviously determines
(B) each state faces a similar industrial waste problem, their predominant industries and regulatory environment obviously determine
(C) all states face a similar industrial waste problem, their predominating industries and regulatory environment obviously determines
(D) each state faces similar industrial waste problems, the predominant industries and regulatory environment of each state obviously determines
(E) all states face similar industrial waste problems, the predominant industries and the regulatory environment of each state obviously determine

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(B) Electric blenders are among the safest household appliances; were the author to compare fatalities from electrical appliances in general, she would get a much higher figure.
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(D) Bears in general—including black, brown, and cinnamon bears, as well as grizzly bears—kill many more people than do electric blenders.
(E) Statistics show that the number of times people use electric blenders each year exceeds the number of times people play golf each year, which in turn far exceeds the number of contacts people have with grizzly bears each year.

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另外還可以回顧一下OG197。

[copycat]

謝謝pufa大大....

[christina]

請教一下~
我想不透among these challenges 應該是可以省略 challeges,而成among these ...
them是those的受格?
among them一直讓我誤以為them是指代investors..