Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last year.
答案A(原句)
D It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year’s because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil than they did
比较时候应比较同类事物啊,前半句应比较价格,今年的价格比去年的价格高,A中只有than last不对啊,虽然能感觉到省略,但这是什么情况的省略呢?同问还有后半句的they were.
我觉得D的表达是正确的,虽然如OG所说It is expected that……is wordy and awkward. 但当真正主语太长时,用形式主语it代替也是对的啊,OG13-58就是it is的句型啊。怎样抓主要矛盾啊?D的红线标出的表达是错的吗?
-- by 会员 naryi (2012/7/17 0:21:32)