GMAT曼哈顿语法-精华汇总情况

曼哈顿 SC 总结

Chapter 1 Sentence Correction Basics

1.一道例题

Although William Pereira first gained national recognition for his movie set

designs, including those for the 1942 film "Reap the Wild Wind",future

generations remember him as the architect for the Transamerica Tower, the

Malibu campus of Pepperdine University and the city of Irvine.

A:including those for the 1942 film "Reap the Wild Wind",future generations

B: like that for the 1942 film "Reap the Wild Wind",future generations will

C:like those for the 1942 film "Reap the Wild Wind",future generations

D: including that for the 1942 film "Reap the Wild Wind",future generations will

E:including those for the 1942 film "Reap the Wild Wind",future generations will 这道题用两点split。

1.1GMAT规定，Like不能用于举例；注意，在之后的说明中，曼哈顿说The GMAT

used to claim that ‘like’ simply meant ‘similar to’ and could not

introduce examples. However, the exam writers have moderated this hardline

duty in published explanations. As a result, either ‘including’ or ‘likelihood

would technically work in the sentence.

1.2GMAT规定，进行指代时，如果有单复数转换，不能用代词指代，而应换作相对应的

名词。

2.做题时间

一般不多于90秒钟，理想状况下，花费60-75秒。

3.做题步骤

3.1细读原文

理解原文中作者本意，顺带看是否有错误出现。

如发现错误，默默记下，以备之后作为排除依据；

如未发现错误，不要留恋，只要保证理解了文字的字面意思和作者本意即可。

3.2纵向扫描，找split

不要读选项，只是纵向寻找不同点（split）。

看句首和句尾，此两处必有split，不然画线不会画到它们。

迅速找到多个split，找最容易区分的。

3.3选取最简单split进行筛选

所谓简单，就是容易找/容易比较/容易决定。语法语义两个角度来分析

3.4选定第一个split

3.5用同一个split，去检查其他选项是否也犯了同样的错误

3.6如此反复，一直剩下唯一一个选项

3.7把选项带回原文，重读，确定和原文匹配

Chapter 2 Grammar & Meaning

1.关于“简洁”

考生现在太过重视简洁问题，导致GMAT很愿意把错误选项弄得最毒。所以，一般来说，不到万不得已（比如，剩下两个选项，没有别的split可用了），就不要用“简洁”来做

split

2.句义

2.1分三部分：

选对词；放在正确的位置；和周边搭配(make sense together)。

2.2选对词。此处给出了一些类似的词组

Economic (monetary) vs. economical (thrifty节俭的, effectual)

Aggravate (worsen) vs. aggravating (irritating使人恼怒的)

Known as (named) vs. known to be (acknowledged as)

Loss of (no longer in possession of) vs. loss in (decline in value)

Mandate (command) vs. have a mandate (have authority from voters)

Native of (person from) vs. native to (species that originated in)

Range of (variety of) vs. ranging (varying)

Rate of (speed or frequency of) vs. rates for (prices for)

Rise (general increase) vs. raise (a bet or a salary increase in American English)

Try to do (seek to accomplish) vs. try doing (experiment with)

2.3GMAT中，’should’表示’moral obligation’应当，而非’likelihood’可能。

In everyday speech, you can say ‘The train should arrive now’ to mean that

the train is likely to arrive now, but the GMAT doesn’t agree with this usage.

2.4放在正确的位置。同一个词放在句子的不同位置上，表示的意思会很不一样。

2.5关于倒装：在可以顺叙说话的时候，就避免使用倒装。Check the overall word

order for unnecessary inversions. For instance, English normally puts subjects

in front of verbs. Try to preserve that order, which is natural to the language.

2.6关于Redundancy：GMAT正确答案里，没有一个词是冗余重复的，每一个词必定有

其存在的必要性。

2.7关于Concision：

Quite frequently, the right answer will be a longer choice that is grammatically

correct and that clearly reflects the author’s intended meaning.

If you have run out of grammar or meaning issues to apply and you are down

to two choices, then choose the more concise option. Otherwise, do not think

about concision.

Chapter 3 Subject-Verb Agreement

1.Additive Phrases:

以下短语作为修饰语，不会改变助于的单复数

Along with / in addition to / as well as / accompanied by / together with /

including

只有‘and’跟主语时，会把主语变成复数；而修饰语跟主语，不会改变单复数。