when Vassar was a small,
recently founded women ’ s college, founding professor and astronomer Maria
Mitchell taught as many Astronomy majors in a given year as there are there
today, when
when Vassar was a small,
recently founded women ’ s college, in a given year, founding professor and
astronomer Maria Mitchell taught just as many Astronomy majors as there are
in a given year today, when
while Vassar was a small,
recently founded women ’ s college, founding professor and astronomer Maria
Mitchell taught a number of Astronomy majors in a given year such as there
are today, when
while Vassar was a small,
recently founded women ’ s college, founding professor and astronomer Maria
Mitchell taught such a number of Astronomy majors in a given year as are
there today, whereas
when Vassar was a small,
recently founded women ’ s college, founding professor and astronomer Maria
Mitchell taught a number of Astronomy majors just as large in a given year as
the number that is there today, while
这题在kaplan模拟考试的时候碰见的，总觉得四曾相识。答案是A。Kaplan的解释是：
In a complicated sentence like this, it
’ s probably best to focus on eliminating wrong answers.
There are some wrong phrases that may stick out to you, such as
“ such a number of Astronomy majors in a given
year as there are today, ” in (D). Or
“ a number of majors such as there are
today, ” in (C). You would use
“ as many as there are, ”
not “ a number such as
there are. ” (E) has the strange locution
“ a number ... just as large ... as the
number that is there today. ” (This is
awkward and repetitive.) (B) changes the meaning of the sentence by moving
the phrase “ in a given year.
” (C) and (D) illogically begin with
“ while. ”
The original sentence misses all these errors and is correct as is.
我想问为什么C和D的那种说法不可以，还有为什么While打头是错误的？我是觉得不管什么打头都无所谓，但是划线部分的最后一个单词一定要是while或者whereas，表示对比。因此排除ABC，然后E的表达明显错误，因此选D
请NN指教。