1 正確句子
Recent psychological literature strongly suggests that couples will be more successful in marriage if they share common hobbies rather than cultivate activities outside of the relationship.
最近的心理學文獻強烈建議，如果夫妻雙方有共同的愛好，而不是培養關係之外的活動，那麼婚姻會更加成功。
2 題目
Recent psychological literature strongly suggests that couples will be more successful in marriage if they share common hobbies rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship.
(A) rather than cultivating activities outside of the relationship
(B) rather than cultivate activities outside of the relationship
(C) rather than cultivate activities that do not involve their partners
(D) instead of cultivating distinct activities
(E) instead of cultivating activities outside of the relationship
3 分析
(1) 快速觀察選項，發現這個題目的其中一個考點是rather than 與 instead of 的區別。首先排除rather than 中的錯誤選項。選項(A) 中的cultivating與share不平行，因此排除(A); 接著比較(B) 和(C), (C) 中的do not involve their parters改變了原句本來的意思，排除(C); (D)和(E) 的instead of 後面應該接名詞才對，所以正確選項是(B).
(2) instead of 是介詞(preposition), 後面只能接名詞(noun). 意思是：one item/action replaces another
(3) rathe than後面可以接各種類型的詞彙(名詞，形容詞，不定式等)，只要前後平行即可。意思是：shows preference of one item/action over another
[1] Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require. 爬行動物通過直接從太陽中獲取體熱，而不是消耗熱量來產生體熱，因此，它們可以用類似體型的哺乳動物通常所需營養的百分之十生存。
(2) 與psychological 語義相關的句子：
[1] Psychological research suggests that women are more prone than men to exhibit symptoms traditionally associated with depression such as feelings of sadness and worthlessness, whereas depressive symptoms in men typically include substance abuse and recklessness. 心理學研究表明，女性比男性更容易表現出傳統上與抑鬱症相關的症狀，如悲傷和無價值感，而男性的抑鬱症狀通常包括藥物濫用和魯莽。
[2] Psychological studies have found that children who are afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are difficult to teach, inattentive, and unable to sit still for very long. 心理學研究發現，患有注意力缺陷症(ADD)的孩子很難教，注意力不集中，不能長時間坐著不動。
4 詞彙
(1) cultivate: try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill). to try to develop and improve something. If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you.
GMAT句子改錯(53)---of which | in which | where
GMAT句子改錯(52)---單複數一致 | where 和 whose
GMAT句子改錯(51)---動詞平行 | 句子簡潔
GMAT句子改錯(50)---分詞平行
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