GMAT考题：OG2018-SC-782

GMAT考题

题库 / OG2018-SC-782

With the patience of its customers and with its network strained to the breaking point, the on-line service company announced a series of new initiatives trying to relieve the congestion that has led to at least four class-action lawsuits and thousands of complaints from frustrated customers.

the patience of its customers and with its network strained to the breaking point, the on-line service company announced a series of new initiatives trying to relieve

the patience of its customers and its network strained to the breaking point, the on-line service company announced a series of new initiatives that try to relieve

its network and the patience of its customers strained to the breaking point, the on-line service company announced a series of new initiatives to try to relieve

its network and with the patience of its customers strained to the breaking point, the on-line service company announced a series of initiatives to try relieving

its network and its customers’ patience strained to the breaking point, the on-line service company announced a series of new initiatives to try relieving

考题讲解

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题目分析：
略。

选项分析：

A选项：按照本选项所写，with its network strained to the breaking point会单独形成一个独立主格结构，其与身前的介词短语with the patience of its customers形成并列关系。但在逻辑上，无论是“顾客的耐心”，还是“公司的网络”，都应是达到爆发点（因为后文写到了公司要声明手段来缓解拥挤）。

B选项：本选项的并列对象换成了its customers和 its network，这在逻辑上也是不正确的。只有顾客才能有耐心，网络不能有耐心。

C选项：Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。

D选项：按照本选项所写，with the patience of its customers strained to the breaking point会单独形成一个独立主格结构，其与身前的介词短语with its network 形成并列关系。该错误原理同选项(A)。

E选项：需将try relieving the congestion改为try to relieve the congestion，这点考查了不定式和ing的区别。本题的意思是，公司声明方法来尝试缓解拥挤，此时的try对于relieve这个动作的约束力较强，即，尝试了，就可能会减轻，不尝试，肯定没戏。
请注意，try doing也是一种习惯的表达方式，此时的意思是“尽力做某事”，自然地，try当“尽力”讲时，约束力较差，无论是否尽力，身后的doing都可能已经发生，不由于try的改变而发生改变。