GMAT网络课堂语法笔记-白勇主讲[3]

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1. The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the air-lines are adding hundreds of new jets.
(A) new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes
(B) new federal rules, which call for major modifications to older planes
(C) new federal rules call for major modifications to older planes
(D) major modifications to older planes called for by new federal rules
(E) major modifications to older planes are called for according to new federal rules
2. In the late seventh century, in a dispute over whether the Prophet Muhammads son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammads successor, Islam split into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shiites.
(A) over whether the Prophet Muhammads son-in-law, Ali, should carry on as the fourth caliph, Muhammads successor
(B) over if Ali, the Prophet Muhammads son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammads successor
(C) over whether Ali, the Prophet Muhammads son-in-law, was going to carry on and be the fourth caliph, Muhammads successor
(D) as to whether the fourth caliph, Muhammads successor, is to be the Prophet Muhammads son-in-low, Ali
(E) concerning if the fourth caliph, Muhammads successor, was to be the Prophet Muhammads son-in-law, Ali

3. Some analysts point out that because people are becoming accustomed to a steady inflation rate of four to five percent, businesses found that they could raise prices according to this amount without thereby provoking strong public reaction.
(A) found that they could raise prices according to this amount without thereby provoking
(B) found that they were capable of raising prices by this amount and not provoke
(C) find that they are capable of raising prices by this amount and not provoke
(D) are finding that they can raise prices by this amount without provoking
(E) are finding that they can raise prices according to this amount and will not thereby provoke

4. Although it was once funded entirely by the government, the Victoria and Albert Museum was
one of the first of Britains national museums seeking support from corporations and private
donors and to increase income by increasing attendance.
(A) one of the first of Britains national museums seeking support from
(B) one of Britains first national museums seeking support of

(C) among Britains first national museums to seek support of
(D) among the first of Britains national museums to seek support from
(E) among Britains first national museums that have sought the support of

5. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the states economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the states economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the states economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the states economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the states economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the states economy after oil reserves are exhausted

6. In June of 1989, Princeton Township approved a developers plans to build 300 houses on a large portion of the 210-acre site of the Battle of Princeton, one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remained undeveloped.
(A) one of only eight Revolutionary War battlefields that had remained undeveloped
(B) one of eight of the only Revolutionary War battlefields that have remained undeveloped
(C) one of the only eight undeveloped Revolutionary War battlefields that remains
(D) only one of eight Revolutionary War battlefields to remain undeveloped
(E) only one of the eight remaining undeveloped Revolutionary War battlefields

7. The most favorable locations for the growth of glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes, where there is abundant precipitation and where it is cold enough to allow some snow to accumulate year by year.
(A) glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes
(B) glaciers are not the cold, dry polar regions but the cool, moist middle latitudes
(C) glaciers are the cool, moist middle latitudes rather than the cold, dry polar regions
(D) glaciers, instead of being the cold, dry polar regions, would be the cool, moist middle latitudes
(E) glaciers are, instead of the cold, dry polar regions, rather the cool, moist middle latitudes

8. One of the most powerful driving forces behind recycling is the threat of legislation that would quire companies that they take more responsibility for the disposal of its products.

(A) that they take more responsibility for the disposal of its products
(B) that they should take more responsibility for disposing of products
(C) having to take more responsibility for disposing of their products
(D) to take more responsibility for the disposal of their products
(E) taking more responsibility for their products disposal

9. The evolution of the technology of microelectronics over the past decade has been so rapid that it is sometimes called a revolution.
(A) has been so rapid that it is sometimes
(B) has been rapid enough sometimes to be
(C) has been rapid enough it is sometimes
(D) is so rapid it has sometimes been
(E) is so rapid that it is sometimes

10. Contrary to popular belief, victors in the ancient Greek Olympic Games received cash prizes in addition to their laurel wreaths.
(A) Contrary to
(B) In contrast with
(C) Opposite of
(D) Unlike
(E) In spite of