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Retail sales rose 8/10 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

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

以下是引用nettrinity在2006-8-28 10:36:00的发言：

Q38:

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

Answer:

这题答案是B，但是为什么呢？这题的考点是什么？

考了省略和情态动词。横线部分That of是应该指代同前面相同部分的省略，按照句子意思来看是指代personal spending，但这个部分已经在后面给出了，所以THAT OF在这里是多余的。expectations表示预测将来，是有语气的，因此应该加WOULD，而不是直接用过去式。还考了DOUBLE的动词用法，自己查查语法书吧。