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59. In 1978 only half the women granted child support by a court received the amount awarded; at least as much as a million and more others had not any support agreements whatsoever.
(A) at least as much as a million and more others had not any
(B) at least as much as more than a million others had no
(C) more than a million others had not any
(D) more than a million others had no
(E) there was at least a million or more others without any

D, the best choice, is idiomatic, clear, and concise. Both A and B incorrectly use much rather than many to describe the countable noun others; much should be used with uncountable nouns such as "joy" and "labor." Even if this error were corrected, though, A and B would still be wrong. Because man than x necessarily includes the sense of at least as many as x. it is redundant and confusing to use elements of both expressions to refer to the same number of women. In A and C, not any support agreements is wordy and awkward. Like A and B, E redundantly uses both at least and more, and it incorrectly links the singular verb was with the plural subject others.

本人阅读能力有限,实在不能理解这句话的意思,哪位圣贤指一下.

59. In 1978 only half the women granted child support by a court received the amount awarded;

59. In 1978 only half the women granted child support by a court received the amount awarded; half the woman 为本句的主词，而received为动词，the amount为受词。granted child support by a court 是分词片语participial phrase修饰women.其实重点是每次看到一个句子，先把主词‘动词找出来，就会比较容易理解意思，虽说容易，不过瘾位GMAT常将句子用participial phrase, adjective clause, gerund phrase...etc修饰一堆，所以比较难抓出来。

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