请教大全252题（og 7）

fdkbaby

252.    Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(C) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is the greater
(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater intellectual advantage is theirs

参考答案C。

对于答案我没有什么疑惑。只是想问问，the greater这半句里面助动词的补出问题。我们可不可以用the more the  children use both Spanish and English, the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic is.
助动词可以补出吗？如果可以，什么时候应当补出，什么时候不需要。

还有后面半句要倒装吗？是不是应该写出the more the  children use both Spanish and English, the greater is their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
多谢各位了！

wang168

the more...the more...结构其实是一个从句+主句的结构:
1. 第一个the more...相当于一个原因状语从句, 是从省略了表示原因的连词as等进化而来的(也可理解成是省略了if的条件状语从句); 第二个the more...引导的是主句.
eg.As a mammal's skin is thicker(从句), it has less hair(主句). 转换为:
The thicker a mammal's skin is(从句), , the less hair it has(主句).

2.两个the都是副词(而非冠词), 表示程度并修饰后面的形容词比较级. (前后两个the的意思在 韦氏字典解为: the: adv. 2 a : to what extent b : to that extent )

the more...the more...结构的三个原则(参自[托福语法填空要点])
1. the more后面的名词必须使用冠词或所有格.
如本题的the more the children..., the greater their ...

2. 后面的谓语如果是be动词的话, 可以省略, 这一点对于前后两个都适用. (特别当主谓语时it is时, 常同时省略.)
eg.What size box do you want?---The bigger, the better. 就是的The bigger it is, the better it is的省略结构. 上面的252题the greater...引出的主句显然省略了Be动词is, 表语是greater, 提到句首加副词the表示程度, 构成并列的

3. 第二个the more后面可以使用倒装, 而第一个后面却不行. (因为只有主句才能倒装,从句绝不能倒装! 如果继续深究第二个the more后面什么时候用倒装时, 可认为如果主语长,谓语动词短时, 为避免头重脚轻, 主谓语倒装.)

上面的252题如果要补出谓语的话, the greater is...结构较好. 但是Official GuideD的解释是:The phrase [the more the children] should be completed by a parallel phrase that begins with a comparative adjective and a noun phrase, as in [the greater their...] advantage. Only C correctly completes the structure with a parallel phrase.
所以省略了is后的the greater+名词短语更平行和简洁.

dreadpower

没考虑过这个问题耶！！
      只是以前听XDF老师讲课说：the more。。。the more 结构，be 动词省略
      所以也没想到你的问题

donna

我觉得没有必要补上助词，因为the more。。。the more 结构，主要是前后对称。

fdkbaby

那the more后面的结构需要对称吗？

the more＋句子，the more＋句子，还是象选项给出的那样the more＋句子，the more＋名词短语

dreadpower

选项给出的是the more＋句子，the more＋句子啊，

    只是后面的be动词省略了，

fdkbaby

以下是引用dreadpower在2003-11-29 10:32:00的发言：
选项给出的是the more＋句子，the more＋句子啊，

     只是后面的be动词省略了，

这样的省略是必须的还是有条件的？谢谢指教！

dreadpower

我觉得是必须的，因为找不到不是必须的例证，等GEMJ来看看吧

egretxm

wang168 的解释真是好啊, 我要打印出来仔细学习!

tulipmontreal

补充: 如果一定要补出, IS 紧跟 THE GREATER.