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A recent national study of the public schools show 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

(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

答案是C  ， 可是我不明白C中最后的WERE 应该用WAS 才对啊？ 为什么用WERE啊？

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这里简单的理解：

there were 后不一定是1 for every 128，而更可能是个具体的比值，如10 for 1280。所以用了were。