Although unhappy with the high rent her company was paying for its suburban office building, the chief executive recognized rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as far lower than it typically is for property that is located within the city limits.
rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as far lower than it typically is for property that is located within the city limits
rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as being far lower than what the rates typically charged within the city limits had been for property located there
rental rates typically being charged for property located within the city limits to be far lower as they typically were within the city limits for the property there
that rental rates for buildings in the suburbs were far lower than rental rates typically being charged within the city limits for property located there
that rental rates for buildings in the suburbs were far lower than those typically charged for property located within the city limits
鉴于GMAT的出题人很爱用 find that recognize that 之类的宾语从句。如果前面改用 V + N 后面一堆定语就会造成句子结构混乱(难懂又不好看)
在做题的时候排除了ABC(压根没看,有时间还是可以看下的)
只看DE,看下去都好像很对很完整,但 D being charged 修饰 rental rates,being 显得冗余了吗,排除;
选E。
1) 宾语从句强调整体, 谓语+宾语结构只强调宾语
2) 对比对象中出现的重复名词用that或those代替,而不能用it来指代. that代替前面出现的单数名词,those代替前面出现的复数名词
3) 修饰成分应该尽量紧靠修饰对象
4) being的错误使用: 以下几种表达中being属于多余
a) being + n. b) being + adj. c) as being + n./adj./v-ing
D 中 being charged 表示同时性,但句意中没有同时意思
(A) 用名词结构rental rates for…as…代替that从句,使得句子结构复杂,混乱; it没有指代
(B) 句子结构混乱;what多余;for property located离修饰对象charged太远
(C) 句子结构混乱;being 多余;lower as 应该改为lower than; they 应该改为those
(D) being多余,for property located应该紧靠charged
(E) 正确, 使用that从句来表现recognized的全部内容;those指代前面出现的rental rates表达正确,for property located紧靠修饰对象charged,使得句子意思表达清晰
d, charged within the city limits
e, property located within the city limits
定语和状语的区别
D/E:within the city limits做状语修饰charged VS 做定语修饰property,后者更优。
D中 for property located there 是个状语,而E中是个定语,这个主要考察的就是定状吧,所以应该选E,当时误选还以为是因为代词的原因。
choice a,b,c都是recognize (V) + rental rates (O) + 宾补( C) 的结构,但是由于recognize的约束力本身比较弱,所以宾补的形式出现并不合适。
choice d, within the city limits 介词宾语作状语修饰动词charge,但是意思上应该是作为定语修饰名词property
分词短语中出现being done表示其和主句“同时发生”。例如:
Being controlled by Jack, the machine runs well.
“被杰克控制”和“机器运行的很好”是同时发生的。这就是being表示的“同时性”。
除此情况外,being done的用法是错误的。
D,(1)rental rates typically being charged,这种作定语时用being charged表被动的一律是错的,直接用charged(2)rental rates typically being charged within the city limits for property located there,within the city limits作状语,修饰如何被charged?在市区范围内被charged,错误!
recognized。公认的
those charged for property , charged for property过去分词作定语修饰those,
这时候表被动用名词+动词的过去分词,
rental rates being charged for property,being charged for property现在分词作定语修饰rental rates,同时being charged表被动,直接用charged,去掉be动词
(D):within city limits , for property located there 两个介词短语都是状语修饰being charged
(E):located within city limits作为定语修饰property
这道题误选D还是因为没有划分清楚句子的成分,D中 for property located there 是个状语,而E中是个定语,这个主要考察的就是定状吧,所以应该选E,当时误选还以为是因为代词的原因。
being, there(where?)
being charged 可以直接简化成charged being比较wordy,用代词that
错选D 记反了。that/those指代出现过的、特定的同类的事物。(区别于it/they指代出现过的完全一样的事物;one/ones指代出现过的、可数的、泛指的同类事物,尤其用来指人) 自己mark一下
Being不是表示正在进行的意思吗?
是因为being是多余的吗