【GMAT解释题是什么】

    GMAT解释题，又称explain题目。通常需要对题目的某一个部分做出合理解释。

标志性词语：explain、reason、account for

【GMAT解题思路】

    寻找可以合理解释文中现象的选项，通常为解释矛盾现象原因，或计划不成功的原因，类似于削弱题。

【GMAT解题技巧】

    1、找出A, however B,将however看作therefore,解释时思考整体             

    2、解释的对象是两者比较：正确选项必须体现此相对量             

    3、解释的对象再说上升下降，正确选项必须体现变化

GMAT例题1：OG13-P500-3

    Suncorp, a new corporation with limited funds, has been clearing large sections of the tropical Amazon forest for cattle ranching. This practice continues even though greater profits can be made from rubber tapping, which does not destroy the forest, than from cattle ranching, which does destroy the forest.

    Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why Suncorp has been pursuing the less profitable of the two economic activities mentioned above?

    (A) The soil of the Amazon forest is very rich in nutrients that are important in the development of grazing lands.

    (B) Cattle-ranching operations that are located in tropical climates are more profitable than cattle-ranching operations that are located in cold-weather climates.

    (C) In certain districts, profits made from cattle ranching are more heavily taxed than profits made from any other industry.

    (D) Some of the cattle that are raised on land cleared in the Amazon are killed by wildcats.

    (E) The amount of money required to begin a rubber-tapping operation is twice as high as the amount needed to begin a cattle ranch.

    GMAT解析：题干：S公司，在有限资金的支持下，开始将其所属的亚马逊热带雨林地区清理为畜牧场。而在该地区进行橡胶生产既比畜牧业利润更高也不会破坏当地的森林植被。

    GMAT题目：解释为何S公司选择低利润的畜牧业而非高利润且环保的橡胶生产业

    A选项，引入无关对象讨论无关属性；

    B选项，无关属性比较；

    C选项，逻辑方向错误；

    D选项，引入无关对象讨论无关属性且逻辑方向错误；

    E选项正确

GMAT例题2：OG13-P5010-6

    Parland's alligator population has been declining in recent years, primarily because of hunting. Alligators prey heavily on a species of freshwater fish that is highly valued as food by Parlanders, who had hoped that the decline in the alligator population would lead to an increase in the numbers of these fish available for human consumption. Yet the population of this fish species has also declined, even though the annual number caught for human consumption has not increased.

    Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the decline in the population of the fish species?

    (A) The decline in the alligator population has meant that fishers can work in some parts of lakes and rivers that were formerly too dangerous.

    (B) Over the last few years, Parland's commercial fishing enterprises have increased the number of fishing boats they use.

    (C) The main predator of these fish is another species of fish on which alligators also prey.

    (D) Many Parlanders who hunt alligators do so because of the high market price of alligator skins, not because of the threat alligators pose to the fish population.

    (E) In several neighboring countries through which Parland's rivers also flow, alligators are at risk of extinction as a result of extensive hunting.

    GMAT题目：P地鳄鱼数量最近几年一直在下降，主要由于对鳄鱼的猎杀。而鳄鱼喜欢捕食的淡水鱼是P地居民所喜爱的食物，那么P地居民就希望鳄鱼数量的减少能带来淡水鱼数量上升这个结果。但是淡水鱼数量也减少了，还是在当地居民没有增加淡水鱼消费量的情况下。

    GMAT题干：解释鱼群数量下降这个现象。

    A选项说鳄鱼数量下降会使得渔民可以在之前危险的地方进行作业，题目中已经排除了人为因素对鱼群数量的影响，不能忽视或者否定原文给定的信息。

    B选项说P地的渔业企业增加了捕鱼船的数量，跟A选项问题一样。

    C选项说鳄鱼不仅仅吃淡水鱼，同时也吃另一种喜欢捕食淡水鱼的物种，那么鳄鱼数量减少，这里所说的另一种喜欢捕食淡水鱼的物种数量会上升，能够导致淡水鱼数量下降这个结果。正确！

    D选项讨论为什么要捕杀鳄鱼，与题目论点无关。

    E选项说邻国鳄鱼濒临灭绝，None of our business…