A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.
89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago. (A)there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(B)there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(C)there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(D)every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
(E)every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as
我想弄清楚four times as many as在这整句话中是什么成分?我觉得它是作连接词,引导了一个省略了若干成分的分句。整个句子还原以后为:there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were (computers) four years ago. 不知我的理解对不对,请大家给点意见?