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Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will still use travel agents.

Definition from "Kingsoft" dictionary

a number of
adj.
许多的

There are a large number of people there.
那里有很多人。

I remember that this question's been discussed...about the tense "will or would"

A is correct is because many travelers use and will still use travel agents.

请NN指点一下，E中的错误我主谓不一致的错误我确实没有看到，犹豫了一下后选了E

现在知道E的错误

但是还有2个疑问，1, despite只能跟n.那么E的接法Despite the fact that...和A中的despite the growing number...有什么不同么?

2.我之所以选E也是因为看到了E后面的那个would,我觉得好象这题说的只是一个可能性，用would是不是会比用will更好呢?

多多指点

1. 在应该用名词结构的时候，ETS似乎不prefer名词加上that从句的用法, 不简洁. 也就是说, despite the fact that blah blah, 还不如用although blah blah.

2. would用于表示虚拟含义, 这里没必要.

3. 习惯用法是prefer A to B, 不是compared with.

这题偶模测的时候，做错了，当时只看上述的1，未看3；事后，从3来判定D的确是错的；但是

Despite后面接fact that...是一个比较好的表达方式，并不像RHOD说的那样，例如2772里有：

Despite the fact that the Cherokee were dominated politically and economically by the United States in the 1820s, the Cherokee council was able to override policies set by the United States government.

Despite the fact that sociologists have only recently begun to understand its importance, intertribalism has always been an influential factor in native American culture.

Despite the fact that his last book remains unfinished, Porter’s work was the first to devote its attention exclusively to the accomplishments of African-American artists.

从做题的角度来看，这题只能选A；

但从优化句子的角度来看，我觉得应该将A的前半部分和D的后半部分结合起来。

但话说回来，如果真是那样，也就降低了这题的难度了。。。

这题我选A…可是我记得有一个搭配是: just as A+ V, so B+V. 所以想请问A中为什么少了so呢?还是这两各式不同的用法?请指点…谢谢!!

Just as…., so…为固定用法，考此种题型时，just as(似乎)通常放句首。