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为什么不能是：

every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, (compuer is ) four times as many than there were

感觉"含数字的主语+谓语，as many as/more than+省略句"这类句型的比较首先指向主语。如果要指向宾语觉得","可省。且此题D理解成one computer four times as many (as)than there were似乎没有什么意思，不可能理解为一个计算机是1/4计算机的四倍。答案C是个比例没有这种歧义。

C和D选项的four times.... 部分，应该是前面整个成分every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer的状语，因此应该和主语比较，即pupils...

我认为：（C）there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many(microcomputers) as there were
(D)every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer,four times as many (pupils) than there were

所以：Choices D and E reorder and garble the "one X ..." construction, making four times as many refer illogically to pupils

我认为：（C）there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many(microcomputers) as there were
(D)every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer,four times as many (pupils) as there were

所以：Choices D and E reorder and garble the "one X ..." construction, making four times as many refer illogically to pupils

there is now one micreocomputer for every thirty-two pupils, (which are) four times as many as there were. 这句话补全后应该是这样的。 four times 指的是学生，不是计算机。所以很明显，D 、E 是错误的！

想了一半天,算了一半天,突然觉得应该不用我们来算什么比例,不是说数学不好嘛.我理解为：既然32个人有1台，那四倍的话就是32个人有四台，即在原来的基础上,32这个基数不变.所以可以用were.

以下是引用gaofengusa在2005-2-18 7:48:00的发言：

这种说法是不对的~这里four times肯定是指电脑不是小学生，现在是one for every 32 pupils每32个学生一台电脑的以前的比率的四倍也就说以前可能是每50或者100个学生才有一台电脑，电脑的个数增加了！如果照mm说的，是学生增加了，那按照以前的比率学生更多~个人意见而已，经供参考！下面是引用一个gg对于这一题的解释，我觉得比较有道理~~

以下是引用dxwei2008在2003-11-25 22:13:00的发言：
我个人觉得可以象如下这样理解，不过我不保证正确啊。

１、先举一个简单点的例子
　　There are 8 computers in this classroom, 4 times as many as there ( ) in that classroom.
　　上面这个例子要表达的这个教室有８台电脑，是那个教室里的四倍。谁都知道括号里应该填写的是are，而不是is。

２、变换一下
　　There are 8 students in this class room.
　　There is one computer for every student, four times as many as there ( ) in that classroom.
　　这个句子比上面那个句子加了一个前提，就是教师里有8个学生。每个学生有一台。描述的是同样一个道理，你觉得括号里应该是填are还是is呢？

３、如何解释这个题目
　　前半句there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils和后半句there were four years ago，它们两句话所表达的倍数关系是什么物质的倍数关系呢？肯定是电脑台数的倍数关系，并不是平均每台电脑的使用频率上的倍数关系。既然是电脑台数的倍数关系，那么我们可以肯定，四年前肯定不是只有一台电脑吧。那么肯定要用were。前半句是用一台电脑的使用人数来表达电脑的台数，后半句直接使用数字个数来表达电脑的台数，所以要用复数。

不知道讲清楚了没有，如果没有可以再问。

every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as they had four years ago.

我觉得我这个补全不正确。希望哪位高手指点一下~我一向对于比较结构中什么时候和什么成分，可以省去什么不可以省去比较模糊！

非常谢谢~~~

我也觉得补得不对，they指代有问题，they指thirty-two pupils，意思是相同的32人, 现在和四年前比, 而这里是比率之比。E这个选项无论怎么改都不如C, 如OG所言，先天就不足：reorder and garble。

以下是引用joywzy在2003-11-26 12:18:00的发言：
为什么不能是：

every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, (compuer is ) four times as many than there were

笼统地说，英语的句子结构和逻辑与汉语有一些不同：一个句子（分号隔开的除外）有一个主语和与其搭配的谓语“统领”，其他成分必须和这二者保持一致。历数各种分词，从句，他们的先行词，时态和语态都必须和主句的主语和谓语构成正确的一致关系。

就这句话来说，主语是every thirty-two pupils ，后面的four times as many than there were主语自然也是every thirty-two pupils ，从而造成错误。正确的答案主语是computer，这才能和后面的数量比较进行搭配。

需要补充的是，独立主格的主语可以不和主句主语一致（事实上一般都不一致），这里也没有详细说状语的情况，应为状语一般不涉及主语，而这道题主要考察主语搭配。

支持一下番茄笑了，其实这个问题这么一说就明白了：there be句型其实是倒装的，本来应该是there be abc....===abc be there....

套用过来就是there is now one micreocomputer =one micreocomputer is there now，主语是one micreocomputer

按照比较的原则，这里应该是主语之间的比较，我觉得as many as 后面应该是there was (one microcomputer for every 128 pupils )four years ago才是啊！（括号中为省略的部分）为何用there were呢？？？？

刚刚看到rt316的一段解释，觉得很有收获，贴过来跟大家分享。

“首先要强调的是X for Y的结构表达的仅仅是比例关系，而X have Y则表达了具体数字的关系；

原文想要表达的是：现在电脑和学生的比例是1：32，(电脑总数)是4年前的4倍。整个句子前其实有个暗含的句子，比如：There are 2000 microcomputers now. 那么4年前电脑就是500台，所以在这里应该用复数were而不是was；

但是我们总是觉得似乎应该用was来同样地表达比例关系，问题在于as many as已经明确了比较的是具体数字而不是比例。

题外话：表示比例的句子后的比较，可以是另一个‘比例’也可以是‘具体数字’。”

there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were (FOUR MICROCOMPUTERS FOR EVERY THIRTY-TWO PUPILS)

There is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils..这只是表达一个比例，比较得是computers,所以用there were

首先要强调的是X for Y的结构表达的仅仅是比例关系，而X have Y则表达了具体数字的关系；

但是我们总是觉得似乎应该用was来同样地表达比例关系，问题在于as many as已经明确了比较的是具体数字而不是比例。

表示比例的句子后的比较，可以是另一个‘比例’也可以是‘具体数字’”

以下是引用joywzy在2003-11-23 10:36:00的发言：
89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were

以下是引用顾风在2006-3-14 15:54:00的发言：
这个解释有些牵强，唯一可以确定的是，如果再多一个答案F，和答案C唯一不同的就是把there were换成there was。我觉得很多人，包括已经提供了解释的人都会去选F，不知大家以为然否？