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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.

Athere are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
Bthere is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
Cthere is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
Devery thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
Eevery thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

正确答案: C

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我觉得C中应该用there were, 因为前面说得是每....人有一台电脑,虽然是表达为there is one....,但其隐含的意思是有很多台电脑,而不是只有一台,而且,as...as 后面比较的也是整体情况,如果要用there was, 后面就应该将one for every... 补充完整,否则只能用there were.

对于E,我同意dreadpower的观点, 不过,补充一点: ETS在考察as...as 比较的时候,若比较的分别是现在情况和过去的,则as...as前面用现在一般时,as...as 后面一定要用过去一般时简略重述一下,否则不可取.