考试题库2005年GMAT机考语法(SC)真题四

     

　17. In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of Henry Miller's obsessive narratives and Toni Morrison's mythic languages than James Joyce's internal explorations.

　　(A) In his work, Leon Forrest is more reminiscent of

　　(B) Leon Forrest writes more like

　　(C) Leon Forrest's work is more reminiscent of

　　(D) Leon Forrest reminds one more of

　　(E) Leon Forrest's work more resembles that of

　　18. The National Labor Relations Act expressly forbids unions from engaging in secondary boycotts against companies not directly involved in a labor dispute.

　　(A) unions from engaging in

　　(B) the engagement by unions of

　　(C) unions to engage in

　　(D) unions from becoming engaged with

　　(E) that unions engage upon

　　19. Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893.

　　(A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he

　　(B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had

　　(C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

　　(D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he

　　(E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he

　　20. The argument that the dominant form of family structure today is not the nuclear family, but rather it is a family which is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families, the amount of vertical and horizontal communication between family subunits, and the extent to which family members offer assistance to one another.

　　(A) family, but rather it is a family which is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

　　(B) family, but is instead a family that is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: three-generational families exist

　　(C) family, which has been modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

　　(D) family but a modified extended family is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

　　(E) family, but also a modified and extended family, is based on a number of facts: three-generational families exist

　　21. Recent essays by Garrison Keillor, the humorist and host of the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion, describes what might happen if Huns, Goths, and Visigoths were to invade Chicago.

　　(A) describes what might happen if Huns, Goths, and Visigoths were to invade

　　(B) describes what would happen if Huns, Goths, and Visigoths invaded

　　(C) describes what would happen if Huns, Goths, and Visigoths would have invaded

　　(D) describe what might happen if Huns, Goths, and Visigoths were to invade

　　(E) describe what happen if Huns, Goths, and Visigoths invade

　　22. Bill Walton continued on playing, even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again, always hoping to return back to his position as a regular starter in the game he loved.

　　(A) on playing, even though he had injuries that recurred over and over again, always hoping to return back

　　(B) playing, in spite of recurrent injuries, always hoping to return

　　(C) playing, though injured over and over, and he was always hoping to return back

　　(D) on playing, even with injuries that recurred, and always hoped to return

　　(E) to play, despite recurring injuries, hoping that the return

　　23. Of the twin supernovas, the most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one that has irrevocably altered astronomists' ideas about the origins of the universe.

　　(A) the most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one

　　(B) the one most recently discovered is the largest, but it is the small one

　　(C) the most recently discovered is larger, but it is the smaller

　　(D) the more recently discovered one is the large one but the small one

　　(E) the more recently discovered is the larger, but it is the smaller one

　　24. As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.

　　(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built

　　(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built for

　　(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built for

　　(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were built

　　(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were built

　　25. Dance fans knew Tamara Geva as a soloist in several Ballanchine works, a dancer who introduced his choreography to the United States, and as a star in Broadway theater.

　　(A) a dancer who introduced

　　(B) as a dancer which introduced

　　(C) the dancer to introduce

　　(D) who introduced

　　(E) as the dancer who introduced

　　Keys:

　　1. E 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. E 16. E 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. D 21. D 22. B 23. E 24. A 25. E