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Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
Neuroscientists amassing a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood over the past twenty years, and are
Neuroscientists have amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
Neuroscientists have amassed, over the past twenty years, a wealth of knowledge about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,
题目分析:
本题的原句有点长,其实主干很简单,去掉长长的插入语having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood,主干为:
Neuroscientists are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows.
选项分析:
A选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
B选项:and是连词,需要连接两个句子。但在本选项中,and身前的句子没有谓语动词。
C选项:and身前的句子没有谓语动词错误同(B)。
D选项:划线部分身后的now drawing是伴随状语,本选项在语法上是没有错误的。但是,依据图形背景原则,相对于“下结论”来说,“积攒知识”的持续时间必然更长,其是“下结论”这个事件的背景。因此,draw应为主句,amass应为从句(伴随状语)。
E选项:本选项错误同(D)。
插入语为"having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood", 主干为:
Neuroscientists are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows.
D选项:划线部分身后的now drawing是伴随状语,本选项在语法上是没有错误的。但是,依据【图形背景原则】,相对于“下结论”来说,“积攒知识”的持续时间必然更长,其是“下结论”这个事件的背景。因此,draw应为主句,amass应为从句(伴随状语)。
举个简单的例子。
我们会说
The bike is near the house.
但很少说
the house is near the bike.
在这个句子中,我们用near分离了自行车和房子。这就被称为图形背景分离。其次,因为house是更大的、静止的事物,更容易作为参考,而bike更小,我们就把bike当做图形,而把house当做背景。
GMAT考试通常用主从句来考查考生对于图形背景理论的理解。顾名思义,语言使用者肯定要将主句作为“图形”来凸显,用从句来交代“背景”情况。依上述描述可知,图形更小,背景更大。那么,两个句子怎样比较大小呢?其实很简单,由于句子讲的一般都是一个事件,而事件最重要的是时间属性,所以,在【时间轴上持续时间长】的事件必然是更大的事件,即,背景事件;在【时间轴上持续时间短】的事件必然是更小的事件,即,图形事件。
因此,从句(或者分词短语等非谓语动词引导的短语)需要在时间上延续的更长,主句需要在时间上延续的更短。例如:
(1) Studying Chinese, people felt hard.
(2) **Feeling hard, people studied Chinese.
句(1)是正确的,这是因为,我们肯定是在学习中文的过程中感觉到困难的,所以“学习中文”这件事显然延续的时间更长,应作为背景(从句);“感觉困难”延续的时间相对更短,应作为图形(主句)。句(2)是错误的。
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