讨论下比较中的指代问题 吧

885的172.

In Japan elderly people are treated with far greater respect than most Western countries.

(A) most Western countries

(B) most Western countries do

(C) most Western countries are

(D) they do in most Western countries

(E) they are in most Western countries

参考答案选E，可是这个they不能由日本老人这个群体转意到西方老人这个群体上啊，如果用E的句式，我觉得应该是than those who are in most western countries.或者than in most western countries(than后省略old people).

Sth. in A is better than that/those in B.

这里that/those不能用it/they取代，因为A中的sth.和B中的sth.是两个群体阿。Right??

gwd1的Q16:

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A.   a greater proportion than it was

B.   a greater proportion than

C.   a greater proportion than they have been

D.   which is greater than was so

E.   which is greater than it has been

个人选择B，认为than后省略了proportion（in any previous election, not 1992），不过C的they可以指代主语soaring tele costs么，如果这样，C似乎也是对的。