Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.
(A) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as (B) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than (C) There are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes the leopards many times more rare compared to (D) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as (E) Researchers have determined that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times more rare than
正确答案是E，请问A怎么不对呢？作者: pissunrise 时间: 2013-1-20 11:13
Prep195. (GWD-7-Q13) Due to可以用attributed to或caused by替代来权衡逻辑上是否合理，其次due to，similar to，differing from等有形容词性质的介词，GMAT中一般不能出现在句首.作者: wxqjnjm 时间: 2013-1-20 12:30
谢谢解答！作者: 啃玉米的兔子 时间: 2013-1-20 13:06
借此题问下：many times as rare as和many times more rare than的区别？ 感觉根据曼哈顿的解释，后者是不对的啊>.<
如果想表示成倍的数量，用times + as…as…。 Right: The man is five times as old as his grandson. 表示他是他孙子年龄的五倍 Wrong: The man is five times older than his grandson. 表示他是他孙子年龄的六倍 times greater than不要用作者: pissunrise 时间: 2013-1-21 11:01
弱弱的说我也忘了.. 搜了下prep语法, 发现如下
prep238. (GWD-4-4) 一、倍数表达法 .... 5、表达倍数用“… times + more +adj.+than，… time as +adj.+as”都正确