OG 18 SC 中的两题比较 - ChaseDream

758. Prices at the producer level are only 1.3 percent higher now than a year ago and are going down, eventhough floods in the Midwest and drought in the South are hurting crops andtherefore raised corn and soybean prices.

A. than a year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the South are hurting crops and therefore raise

B. than those of a year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the South are hurting crops and therefore raising

C. than a year ago and are going down, despite floods in the Midwest and drought in the South, and are hurting crops and therefore raising

D. as those of a year ago and are going down, even though floods in the Midwest and drought in the South hurt crops and therefore raise

E. as they were a year ago and are going down, despite floods in the Midwest and drought in the South, and are hurting crops and therefore raising

OG: The sentence as written makes an illogical comparison between prices at the producer level and a time period ( a year ago); surely the intended comparison is between such prices now and those of a year ago.

772. Heating-oil prices are expected to be higherthis year than last because refiners are paving about S5 a barrel more forcrude oil than they were last year.

A. Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were

B. Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

C. Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year's because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

D. It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher for this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were

E. It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year's because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

OG: the sentence connects a comparison between this year's and last year's heating-oil prices with a comparison between this year's and last year's crude-oild prices.

想讨论下两题中的比较，因为在我看来两题中的比较用的是同一个结构，都是想要比较this year's price vs last year's price，并且句型结构也都是prices are higher now/this year than a year ago/last。那么为什么758里 than a year ago 就被列为是错误的一个原因，会导致illogical comparison，而772中即使OG指出是this year's price和last year's price比较，却可以用higher this year than last？谢谢！

emmahiggins09 发表于 2017-8-28 10:45
这道题RON有专门讲过，RON认为OG的解释是不对的，下面是RON的帖子，楼主去爬楼吧

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xiaoma1188 发表于 2017-8-28 11:09
谢谢！看到OG的答案一度觉得自己怎么才看过又不会了。。。