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.
(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were(C)
(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as
这题的答案不难知道,但是由个问题不明白:把正确答案补全是个什么样子?比较的对象是整个“x for y”?
there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were 1/4 microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils?麻烦各位了,下面是og解释。
use the construction “one X for every thirty-two Y’s” to describe the ratio of computers to pupils, but only C, the best answer, is error-free. In A, are does not agree with the subject, one microcomputer; furthermore, in A, B, and D, than is used where as is required. Choices D and E reorder and garble the “one X...” construction, making four times as many refer illogically to pupils.
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’。
谢谢你的回答!的确我没注意many的问题,太笨了,这个句子实际上不是两个there be的并列,而是第二个there be身处一个比修饰成分中,这个修饰成分修饰第一个there be中的computer。还有个问题: 修饰比例是不是要用great?
我覺得題目的意思是說現在的比例是1:32, "這個比例"是4年前的4倍!
也就是說4年前的比例應該是1:128 (每128個人才擁有1台電腦), 雖然暗示, 可是並沒有提到是電腦總數增加還是學生人數減少...
因此, 我還是搞不懂為什麼正確答案C後面是"there were", 而不是跟前面的 "there is now..." 平行用 "as many as there was four years ago."
看了前輩們的帖子, 也還是沒找到明確的解釋, 請問有誰可以出手相救一下嗎?
every 128 pupils for one computer
和
every one computer for 128 pupils
似乎意思不同耶….
前后不一致,这样的理解好象怪怪的
我顶
我覺得題目的意思是說現在的比例是1:32, "這個比例"是4年前的4倍!
也就是說4年前的比例應該是1:128 (每128個人才擁有1台電腦), 雖然暗示, 可是並沒有提到是電腦總數增加還是學生人數減少...
因此, 我還是搞不懂為什麼正確答案C後面是"there were", 而不是跟前面的 "there is now..." 平行用 "as many as there was four years ago."
看了前輩們的帖子, 也還是沒找到明確的解釋, 請問有誰可以出手相救一下嗎?
同意你说的,“現在的比例是1:32, "這個比例"是4年前的4倍”。
也同样不明白,为什么C是"there were" 而不是 "there was"?
高人帮忙啦!
同意你说的,“現在的比例是1:32, "這個比例"是4年前的4倍”。
也同样不明白,为什么C是"there were" 而不是 "there was"?
高人帮忙啦!
as many as已经明确了比较的是具体数字而不是比例,如果是比例的话应该用as great as更对阿
所以应该是were而非was
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