885真题4
首先,我完全同意 mzyzhu在帖子[讨论]感觉真题4的答案A中的第二个are多余（http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=15189）中的观点，双手赞同！
以下是引用mzyzhu在2003-9-16 2:15:00的发言：感谢小按提供最新真提和答案。但是感觉语法低4 题正确答案值得商榷。先看一下4题 4.According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas. (A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice (B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing (C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing (D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice (E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice 答案选择位A. 因此简化就是： graduates A are 4 times more likely than graduates B are in doing something. 感觉are在那别扭，不解？ 前面也有人就此发问。 http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=14527 但是解释不太令人信服。现在说一下个人意见，感觉答案A中的第二个are 多余。从885中没有找到一提将第二个be动词补出的情况，但却找到2提在逻辑上类似，但都没有在第二个人称名次前/后补出be动词。请看： Section 4/11. Several studies have found that the coronary patients who exercise most actively are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack. 简化：patients A are 50% less likely than patients B to die of a heart attack 补充250/60. Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure whose families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition. 简化：people A are more likely than peole B to develop a condition 从语感的的角度，A is xxx time more/less likely than B to do something比较顺畅。由于more likely than和 as likely as 在表达上都可以接受，（当然表示的倍数前者比后者多一倍）。感觉C应该比较好。 希望听一听其他高手的意见。
其次，我同意sbbi的三点论断，并且提供进一步的论据和具体的例子。
以下是引用sbbi在2003-9-19 9:10:00的发言：
BraveMBA and gemj帮忙看看吧...
真题4,我选C!
1)be likely to do. not "be likely in doing"
2)it is valid to say "plan on doing/sth"
3)it is valid to say "A is 3 times as strong as B"
1)be likely to do. not "be likely in doing"
这自然不用论证啦！
2)it is valid to say "plan on doing/sth"
请看“英汉大词典（陆谷孙）”的解释：
PLAN ON： <口>有…的计划; 打算, 想要
I think we can plan on remaining here until Wednesday. 我想我们可以安排在这里呆到星期三.
I was wondering who you were planning on rooming with next year. 我不知道你打算明年和谁同住一室.
I plan on six kids. 我想有6个孩子.
3)it is valid to say "A is 3 times as strong as B"
二个例子：
Also, it was pointed out, milk-drinking English women get some kinds of cancer eighteen times as frequently as Japanese women who seldom drink milk. （这个句子与C选项高度类似。Japanese women后面也无任何助（系）动词。我想仅仅这个例子就能说明C中的“minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates”是没有问题的。（出自LSAT阅读））
In recent days, while the price of MEGA Corporation stock has been falling, the corporation’s officers and directors have bought up to nine times as much of it as they have sold. （出自LSAT逻辑）
总之，我认为A中出现的more likely… in planning 是无法解释的，仅这一条可以判它死刑。
其次，are other graduates中的are 是多余的，而且是严重多余。
相反，C是完美的（在我的眼里），没有任何不妥；至少挑不出任何错误（在任何人的眼里）。所以正确答案应该是C。
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