hongson1706 wrote:
thank you for your explanation. it seems to be a new knowledge to me. the sad thing is I still don't understand the meaning of the sentence. could you please paraphrase it in a more straightforward way.
Dear
hongson1706,
I'm happy to respond.
Here's the OA, version (B).
Out of a growing pride in the region’s pre-automotive achievements has developed a committee for the preservation of Detroit’s landmarks and artifacts that is creating monuments and museums across the city.
This sentence has a great deal of information. I am going to paraphrase it as two sentences:
(1)
A committee for the preservation of Detroit’s landmarks and artifacts has developed out of a growing pride in the region’s pre-automotive achievements.
(2)
This committee is creating monuments and museums across the city.
Understanding this sentence relies a bit on the real-world knowledge that, for over half a century, the US city of Detroit was the epicenter of American automobile manufacturing. At one time, I believe more cars were manufactured in this region than anywhere else in the world. In the 1970s & 1980s, Japan & Korea began to introduce exceptionally high quality cars into the American market, and the American automotive industry declined because it wasn't prepared to compete. Detroit, once a very prosperous city, for decades has been impoverished and struggling to re-establish itself.
This sentence is saying that folks in Detroit are starting to have pride in what the city was before the rise of the auto industry, the city's "
pre-automotive achievements." Because the citizens of Detroit have this pride, they want to preserve the historical "
landmarks and artifacts" from the period before the rise of the auto industry. Presumably at first, just a few people were excited about protecting the past, but the excitement and interest spread and developed, and one product of this development was the formation of a committee. This committee, in a formal way, is trying to protect all the historical markers that have captured people interest. In order to do this, it is "
creating monuments and museums across the city."
Now, my friend, I am going to say two important things to you.
First of all, if all this information about Detroit and the American auto industry is 100% new to you, then you have some homework to do. If you want to be successful in the business world, you need to have a sense of where the centers of industry and manufacturing for different products have been and are now. From what countries do we get food, cars, computers, medicines, etc. etc. A good way to build this sense is to read the business news every single day. You see, the any GMAT question may depends on some background knowledge such as this: you don't have to be an expert in any one industry, but you have to have a rough idea of the lay of the land. Furthermore, think about your interview at business school or your first year there. If someone makes a reference to "Detroit's years of success," and you have no idea that this refers to cars, you may look uninformed. The more you can follow such connections, the more sense you will make of the larger economy. The great business minds are the ones who can keep many facets of the big picture always in mind when they are making decisions.
Also, this is sophisticated sentence in its grammatical structure. How do you practice mastering sophisticated sentence structure? By cultivating a habit of sophisticated reading every single day. This would be another advantage of reading the business news every single day in English: it will give you vital information and it will build your language comprehension skills. See:
How to Improve Your GMAT Verbal ScoreMy friend, I want to see you be as successful as you possibly can be. Best of luck, and let me know if you have any further questions.
Mo2men wrote:
Hi Mike,
Happy new year
The question above seems modeled after the following official question. I usually notice that Veritas tries to mimic the
OG questions. It seems that GMAT test makers sometimes use colloquial language.
Dear
Mo2men,
Happy new year to you, my friend! Kudos to you for finding a matching question in the
OG! That's superb!
You know, my opinion of this has softened over time. It is definitely unconventional. When I first read it, it seemed colloquial, but upon reflection, I realize that it is essentially the same as many other sentences I have seen in sophisticated writing--including this example from the
OG. That's the wonderful thing about language: there are some many extraordinary different ways to use it.
Best of luck in the new year!
Mike