Providing initial evidence that airports are a larger source of pollution than they were once believed to be, environmentalists in Chicago report that the total amount of pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at O’Hare International Airport is twice as much as that which is being emitted annually by all motor vehicles in the Chicago metropolitan area.
A.as much as that which is being emitted annually by all
B.as much annually as is emitted by the
C.as much compared to what is annually emitted by all
D.that emitted annually by all(D)
E.that emitted annually compared to the
语法笔记里关于A错误的情况是这么描述的:
前面在考点3里描述
3.as,than可以做比较从句的主语,例:
In one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, four times as many Americans were killed as would later be killed on the beaches of Normandy
during D-Day.As指代了americans。
个人觉得这里有两个问题:
1)as可以做主语还是只是一个假象?
four times as many Americans were killed as (Americans) would be killed...,我认为在这个句子中,因为比较从句的主语和前面的主语一致,所以就省略了,并不是as做了比较从句的主语;
2)选项A的情况和考点中描述的情况是否一致?
选项A中的描述如果补全,the total amount of pollutant emitted is twice as much as is emitted annually,我觉得这个形式是完全错误的,并不是简洁不简洁的问题。因为as在这里引导的并不是从句,而是仅仅比较了两个amount,所以is emitted 是错误的,应该as much as that emitted...,这样才和前面的the total amount of pollutant emitted对称。
欢迎讨论。也希望版主指正。