《GMAT 2016 VERBAL SC新题》.pdf

2. Some 200 world-famous physicists recently attended a conference whose purpose not only was to consider the prospects for the next 50 years of research in physics but also assessing the accuracy of the predictions made at the last meeting of this type, which took place 50 years earlier. (A) not only was to consider the prospects for the next 50 years of research in physics but also assessing the accuracy of the predictions made at the last meeting of this type, (B) not only was considering the prospects for the next 50 years of research in physics but also assessing the accuracy of the predictions which were made at the last meeting of this type and (C) was not considering the prospects for the next 50 years of research in physics but also to assess the accuracy of the predictions made at the last meeting of this type and (D) was not only to consider the prospects for the next 50 years of research in physics but also to assess the accuracy of the predictions made at the last meeting of this type, (E) was to consider not only the prospects for the next 50 years of research in physics but also assessing the accuracy of the predictions made at the last meeting of this type, 答案：D 考点：相似（并列） 难度系数：★★ 解析： 1. 原句中出现not only…but also 结构，后面的并列成分to consider 和assessing 不相似，故 排除A 。据此提示其他选项可能也涉及这个结构 2. B 选项中是was considering 和assessing，不能并列，故排除B ； C 选项中是considering 和to assess ，不能并列，故排除C； D 选项中是to consider 和to assess ，可以并列，故保留D ； E 选项中是the prospects 和assessing，不能并列，故排除E ； 3. Global warming is said to be responsible for extreme weather changes, which, like the heavy rains that caused more than $2 billion in damages and led to flooding throughout the state of California, and the heat wave in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, which was also the cause of a great amount of damage and destruction. (A) which, like the heavy rains that caused more than $2 bi