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作者: superchao 时间: 2007-2-15 10:42
标题: [求助]GWD-8-41,还是不懂--马上要考了!!!

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

there are less than one-quarter that many
there are fewer than one-quarter as many
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
the number is less than one-quarter the amount
it is less than one-quarter of that amount

我在C,D中犹豫,但最终选了D.因为C中的确there are 出现,所以排除了.

正确答案是C.

请问,D中the number 作为4000的同位语,为什么不选啊?

不是说同位语,形式是出题机构prefer的吗?

作者: Sunflower06 时间: 2007-2-15 11:00

是less 和few 的区别，

作者: superchao 时间: 2007-2-15 11:46

我知道 few 修饰可数名词.

less修饰不可数名词,这里less应该可以修饰number的.

所以请问,D是哪里有问题啊?

谢谢!

作者: frankerzhu 时间: 2007-2-15 17:51

我想这里应该不存在同位语的说法, 连词but已经明示转折. there are 在这里表示客观存在, 应该没有问题. 不知道这样解释对不对.

作者: superchao 时间: 2007-2-16 10:16

现在我知道,当初同位语的看法是错误的.

可是,D的错误还是不知道啊?

请哪位指导一下.

看在明天都过年了,还在拼搏GMAT的份上....

作者: gonghao 时间: 2007-2-16 10:59

似乎number不用less修饰的

似乎是用big和small

amount用more和less来修饰

另外number和amount似乎有点概念的不对等

作者: chasergl 时间: 2007-3-22 03:02

It's D

some 4,000 doesnt denote a finite number ...it is uncountable => so it is an amount ... A, B out

In OG10-39. Most archaeologists have held that people first reached the Americas less than 20,000 years ago by
crossing a land bridge into North America..... => so "less than one quarter of some 4000 drive-ins" is a correct usage

(Besides, "a number is less than or equal to X" NOT "a number is fewer than or equal to X")

Left with CDE : C fewer than... amount => wrong ; E it => referent is unclear

Answer is definitely D

作者: 悠悠然 时间: 2007-3-22 10:27

one-quarter the amount感觉不对 D还不如E好呢

BUT转折应该形成前后对比 drive-ins were 与there are

there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount that amount=4000(我直接想成than 1000了) 用fewer比 less更恰当

以上三点是我刚看这题(遮了答案)时的思路本人是菜鸟也希望有牛人指点

楼上引用OG的比较感觉两者有些差别但是我也很菜也说不出来到底有什么差别....

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-3-22 10:29:55编辑过]

作者: 我是马甲哥哥 时间: 2007-3-22 10:47

选 D.

The problems of other choices are highlighted below:

there are (is) less than one-quarter that many
there are fewer than one-quarter as many
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
the number is less than one-quarter the amount
it is less than one-quarter of that amount

作者: 悠悠然 时间: 2007-3-22 11:16

看了楼上的解答　觉得but前面的主干应该是some 4,000 existed in the United States 而When 引导的drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s应该是某个成分（我也不知道该叫什么－－！）

另　请教楼上　the number和it　为什么不可以用it　而且it比the number更简洁

作者: xueer 时间: 2007-7-31 02:51
Official answer is C

作者: xueer 时间: 2007-7-31 02:54

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

A. there are less than one-quarter that many--> less for uncountable. Incorrect.
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many--> one-quater of...-> unidiomatic.
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount--> Less for uncountable. Incorrect.
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount ---> Less for uncontable. Incorrect

作者: wsdoll 时间: 2007-9-28 13:46

以下是引用xueer在2007-7-31 2:51:00的发言：
Official answer is C

哪儿来的official answer??

作者: yayaduck 时间: 2007-10-2 12:38
顶楼上

作者: happycg 时间: 2008-6-5 11:07
dddddddddddddddddddd

作者: jasdesky 时间: 2008-6-5 13:06
D的问题是逻辑上一个数字(a number) 不可能比一个数量(amount)少XXX

作者: Zspirit 时间: 2008-8-12 22:50
C选项是there are fewer （drive-ins) than one-quarter of that amount。drive-ins不能和amount进行比较，所以C错。这里省略的词不可能是不可数名词，因为一是使用了fewer(而不是less),二是there are结构中使用了复数的are。
D选项中，the number和amount都表示数量，所以可以进行比较；而且number表示数量的时候是不可数名词，用less进行修饰，D没问题
E中的it指代drive-ins单复数上出错

作者: kongkong57 时间: 2009-7-17 21:03
thanks

作者: Brilliance 时间: 2009-7-31 22:22
.

作者: simonhu 时间: 2010-3-25 14:43
这题官方的答案prep 为 B

作者: korver 时间: 2010-3-25 21:23
按照六楼的意思可不可以理解为。只要大于1的数存在于句子中就可以使用less than？因为那就可以看做不可数的嘛

作者: leadlife 时间: 2013-6-26 22:51
C正确，D中the number 不能与amount比较。

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