404.In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly
twice as fast as
the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
the key: C
OG里面的what it was都是awkard啊；另外，B为什么错了呢？rate不能说fast?作速度讲的话，是可以的啊？
请NN们指点，谢谢~
it couldn't refer the rate here,because the rate of 1970's is different from that of 1980's
这句是不是也能改成
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly
twice as fast as that in the 1970’s
我赞同margaret1970MM说的. 这里的句子的语法结构是一个系表结构,做对比的时候要有相同的结构成分从而前后对应,不能用twice as fast as.
是不是就是 如果是以be动词为结构的比较成分在这句话里可以有2种表示方法
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was inthe 1970’s
或者
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice that was in the 1970’s
对马？
四楼的MM说得有道理，赞同！！但是，正确选项中WHAT和IT又具体指什么呢？
六楼的第二种说法
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice that was in the 1970’s
如果与第一种说法
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was inthe 1970’s
同时出现在选项中，是不是应选第二种说法？个人感觉第二种更简练，第一种毕竟还是有点WORDY。
只要是代表数字的，都只能比较大小！
小小见解:
我认为本题的关键是,中心词是the rate, 那么twice the rate 就已经能表达清楚"两倍"的概念, as fast as 作者的用意大概是想修饰increase的,可是除了中心词,其他的成分在比较结构里是无须修饰的,twice as fast as-->借用OG里的说法就是"redundant". 至于what代表什么,我认为它引导了指代rate的名词性主语从句. 可是what不应该被that替换,因为在商业英文里,that/this/those不能孤独出现做名词.
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