GMAT/留學申請專業顧問 Donz 之資訊交流園地

SC (Sentence Correction)，我們稱做修辭，在 GMAT 來說算是最深奧、最難完全掌握的一個題型。與我們國高中學的文法不一樣之處在於 - 除了文法之外，還考了句意邏輯性，所以才會加深其難度。

SC 實際考試的模擬介面如下: 

SC 的基本題型，會在一個句子的某部分畫線，當然也有可能整句話全部畫線。而選項 (A) 永遠會跟題目畫線的部分一樣，而下面四個答案將完全不一樣。 

我們舉一題做例子，OG 13 - #8

In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the
Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for
cleaning and repair due to moisture exhaled bv
tourists, which raised its humidity to such levels so
that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus
was growing on the walls.

(A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists, which
raised its humidityto such levels so that salt
from the stone was crystallizing

(B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled,
thereby raising its humidity to such levels that
salt from the stone would crystallize

(C) because tourists were exhaling moisture, which
had raised the humidity within them to levels
such that salt from the stone would crystallize

(D) because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists
raising the humidity withinthem to levels so high
as to make the salt from the stone crystallize

(E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised
the humidity within them to such levels that salt
from the stone was crystallizing

這題如果以高中文法來看，可說是看不出明顯錯誤。

不過 A, B 的 it 沒有物件可以指代，C, D 則是 crystalize 沒有和沒畫線部分的 growing 平行，答案選 (E)。上述的講解，並不是要讓同學完整的瞭解此題，而是要讓同學瞭解 - GMAT SC 的錯誤答案不見得是文法上的絕對錯誤，但在句子流暢性來說卻都是比較不好的答案。這就是 GMAT SC 所要測驗同學的要點。