[求助]请教OG116

116. Those who come to church with a predisposition to religious belief will be happy in an auditorium or even a storefront, and there is no doubt that religion is sometimes better served by adapted spaces of this kind instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it.

(A)  adapted spaces of this kind instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it

(B)  adapted spaces like these rather than some of the buildings actually designed for them

(C)  these adapted spaces instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it

(D)  such adapted spaces rather than by some of the buildings actually designed for them

(E)   such adapted spaces than by some of the build­ings actually designed for it

Choice E, the best answer, correctly uses the construction is better served by x than by y and supplies the proper singular pronoun, it, to refer to religion. Choices A and B complete the construction beginning better served by x... unidiomatically, with instead of by y and rather than y. Also in B, them does not agree with its logical referent, religion. Choice C repeats the unidiomatic instead construction; in addition, such is preferable to these for presenting examples or instances. Choice D repeats the errors with rather than and them.

很菜的问题

我知道答案应该是E，但是解释中说用rather than 也是不合理的，但是一般rather than不都是优先考虑的用词吗？或者说such...rather than这样的用法是错误的？请教各位NN。

这道题目不用看意思，用“技巧”（其实也是语法的升华）就可以了。

首先用rather than〉instead of 这样一个优选，排除A，C；

其次，看到前面的better，是比较级，而rather than不是比较词，而than是，再排除B，D，那么就只剩E了。

我居然没有去考虑better，就钻在rather than为什么不合理上去了。

谢谢。

恩~~~~~`我也是当时没考虑到better的作用

那可不可以这样理解：前面有better要求后面有比较词，而instead of 和rather than都不是比较词

所以 ，ABCD便都犯了这个错误而被排除~

新问题：D选项中such adapted spaces

按照181题说法，出现such+n.就应该在之前有所提及，但是文中并未出现spaces，是否应该这样理解：只要出现类似于spces可以指代的就可以了，如space指代church。

181. Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large.

(A) to survive

(B) of firms to survive

(C) for surviving

(D) for survival（B）

(E) for firms’ survival

The subject of the main clause (such firms) presumes a prior reference to the firms in question. Furthermore, the logical subject of to survive and the logical complement of required should be made explicit. All three demands are met by B, the best choice. Choices A, C, and D, with no reference to the firms in question, meet none of these demands. In choice E, the illogical and awkward use of a prepositional phrase (for firms’ survival) buries the needed initial reference to firms in a possessive modifier.

按照新东方老师的说法：

  当一个句子在最后使用such来指代名词，该名次至少应该已经出现一遍，而文中并未出现，故应该选在带有firm的选项，再加之：  require of sb that

                       require sb to do sth

so ,B is the best choice

以下是引用seraphcynic在2005-12-14 16:40:00的发言：

按照新东方老师的说法：

  当一个句子在最后使用such来指代名词，该名次至少应该已经出现一遍，而文中并未出现，故应该选在带有firm的选项，再加之：  require of sb that

                       require sb to do sth

so ,B is the best choice

such指代前面的an auditorium or even a storefront

为什么不用such an adapted space而用复数呢，an auditorium or even a storefront是单数呀？