GWD問題

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Q4:
Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world’s social wasps, wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile female workers.

A.wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of

B.wasps that live in a highly cooperative and organized society consisting almost entirely of

C.which means they live in a highly cooperative and organized society, almost all

D.which means that their society is highly cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely

E.living in a society that is highly cooperative, organized, and it consists of almost all

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Q11:
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

A.of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that

B.of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because

C.of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because

D.their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because

E.their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

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Q38:
Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A.that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of

B.that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double

C.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled

D.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that of

E.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

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[dibert8]

Q4
Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world’s social wasps, wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile female workers.
A.wasps living in a highly cooperative and organized society where they consist almost entirely of
B.wasps that live in a highly cooperative and organized society consisting almost entirely of
C.which means they live in a highly cooperative and organized society, almost all
D.which means that their society is highly cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely
E.living in a society that is highly cooperative, organized, and it consists of almost all

(A) 1. 句意不合理; 2. where => in which (society 不是地點)
(B) 正確
(C) 1. 不簡潔; 2. society =/= all
(D) 1. 不簡潔; 2. 不平衡
(E) 1. 句意偏離 (living 主詞是 jackets, 原句指 wasps); 2. 不平衡

參考 GWD3-4 http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=855

[dibert8]

Q11:
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A.of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B.of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C.of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D.their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E.their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

(A) (B) (C) 介係詞後面主要動詞用 Ving => 應該用子句
(A) (B) (C) (E) 時態錯
(A) 比較結構不同 (because/of vs that)
(D) 正確

參考 GWD3-11 http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=843

[dibert8]

Q38:
Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.
A.that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of
B.that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double
C.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled
D.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that of
E.of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

(C) (D) (E) spending 主詞變受詞,改變句意
(A) (D) (E) double + 數字
(C) (E) it 不能代數字
(B) 正確