GWD1-Q7 （TN版）

GWD1-Q7:

A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.

A.      that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times

B.       that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times

C.      that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio

D.      CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio

E.       CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times

TN给的答案为：C

但是我感觉B更好啊，因为C中的their指代不清啊，请解释一下，谢谢……

在一个讨论上看到的：

A，compare to的前后不匹配，CEO和a ratio

B is the best，a ratio that ...用ratio指代前面经常是ETS正确答案的标志

C，their指代不清

D、E，缺that

B)A recent review of pay scales indicates that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times in 1980.

C) A recent review of pay scales indicates that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio in 1980.

我自己一開始是選B  也認為C的their指代不清  因此把BC兩句跟原題做了結合,如上,這樣看了比較清楚

iamwuyan提到Ｂ錯在compares．我想他說的原因是動詞時態--跟1980的ratio做比較，compare動作既已完成應該用過去式；AlienX說42times後面少了受詞--的確跟原題結合之後，搞不懂42倍是跟1980年啥東西做比較

C選項有加受詞相對清楚，但their指代不是很清楚一開始會造成困擾。不過細細推敲句意，CEO的薪水是藍領工人的419倍-->419：1，以藍領工人的薪水為基準；42 times their pay--> 42:1，比較的對象在結構上要平衡，所以還是以藍領工人的薪水為基準，所以42 times their pay的their指代藍領工人

個人一點想法 不知這樣的邏輯正確否，請各位指教

(B) a ratio that compares的compare不能用主動方式表達，應該是被比較sth
                be
                compared
                to…的省
            略形式（省略了主語和系動詞，是慣用法）；compare
                to的比較物件不物件，前者419
                times
                the
                pay
                of blue-collar workers表達的是工資數，而後者42 times是比率。

(C)  正確，as
                compared
                to比較結構，419
                times
                the
                pay與42
                times
                their
                pay比較，the
                ratio…是同位
            語。

(D)  缺少that引導賓語從句；indicates CEO’s who…句子結構不完整，缺少謂語，who引導定語從句
            修飾名詞CEO’s。

(E)  缺少that引導賓語從句；indicates CEO’s earning…句子結構不完整，缺少謂語；compare
                to的
            比較物件不物件，前者419 times the
                pay of blue-collar workers表達的是工資數，而後者42 times是
            比率。

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