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标题: 语法prep08 1-242 请教一下 [打印本页]

作者: Catherine94 时间: 2016-3-26 17:25
标题: 语法prep08 1-242 请教一下
16. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.
(A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of
(B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double
(C) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled
(D) of personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubling that of
(E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

这道题我可以通过排除选出答案，可是我不是很明白这个A选项，这个选项的意思不是说这个季度的个人消费是上个季度个人消费增长率的两倍吗？可是个人消费和个人消费率不是两个不同的概念吗？怎么能用倍数？想了好久不明白啊

作者: 医生吃鱼 时间: 2016-3-26 21:55
这道题正确答案是B。

A选项中that of the 1.4 percent growth rate结构错，that of没有指代对象。

B选项的表达确实有点怪，个人理解直译应是：7-9月的个人消费会有两倍于1.4%的增长速率。double包含了”有“的意思。

无论如何，GMAT认可这个表达方式，记熟吧！

作者: Catherine94 时间: 2016-3-27 00:05

医生吃鱼发表于 2016-3-26 21:55
这道题正确答案是B。

A选项中that of the 1.4 percent growth rate结构错，that of没有指代对象。

嗯嗯嗯嗯，我就是觉得这个意思有点奇怪，但是用排除法还是可以选出答案的，谢谢指教啦

作者: 医生吃鱼 时间: 2016-3-27 00:47

Catherine94 发表于 2016-3-27 00:05
嗯嗯嗯嗯，我就是觉得这个意思有点奇怪，但是用排除法还是可以选出答案的，谢谢指教啦 ...

别客气！排除法确实是王道！

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