（1）     GWD-17-Q40????

Contrary to financial analysts, who predicted last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year.

1. analysts, who predicted
2. analysts, whose predictions
3. analysts and their predictions
4. analysts’ predicting
5. analysts’ predictions

E the best，  没明白 ？？？

（1）     GWD-18-Q1?????????

The Arthritis Research Institute of America advises women of color that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women. 

1. that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women
2. that they are twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee
3. that their likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee is twice as much as White women
4. of being twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee
5. of having twice the likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee as White women

B the best   

为甚么啊   不是twice as much as ????

GWD-17-Q40

My opinion:

1, who and whose can't refer financial analysts. So we may exclude A /B.

2, There is no subject Pronoun "those" refer to. So we may exclude C.

3, Compare D with E. Sure E is the best. 

 GWD-18-Q1

Let's discuss the word likelihood.

Can we use sombody's likehood? It seemed a logic error.

A和B的who和whose为什么不能指带前面的financial analysts？？

 Contrary to financial analysts, who predicted
last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the
personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first
quarter of this year.

1. analysts, who predicted
2. analysts, whose predictions
3. analysts and their predictions
4. analysts’ predicting
5. analysts’ predictions

1
                contrary ideas, opinions, or actions are completely different and opposed to each other:

Two contrary views emerged.

        

The men shouted contrary orders.

                contrary to
            

The government's actions are contrary to the public interest.

2
                                    contrary to popular belief/opinion
                used to say that something is true even though people believe the opposite:

Contrary to popular belief, a desert can be very cold.

The Arthritis Research Institute of America advises women of color that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women. 

1. that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women
2. that they are twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee
3. that their likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee is twice as much as White women
4. of being twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee
5. of having twice the likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee as White women

 ***************

我的浅见:

A. likelihood of , likelihood that...

  longman:

ike‧li‧hood [singular, uncountable]

1
                the degree to which something can reasonably be expected to happen [= probability]

                likelihood of
            

Using a seatbelt will reduce the likelihood of serious injury in a car accident.

                little/lower/high/greater etc likelihood
            

There was very little likelihood of her getting the job.

                likelihood (that)
            

They must face the likelihood that the newspaper might go bankrupt.

2
                                    in all likelihood
                almost certainly:

If I refused, it would in all likelihood mean I'd lose my job.

B, be likely to do sth.固搭

C That their likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee is twice as much as White women ('S  LIKELIHOOD)比较对象不一致.likelihood和白种女人比较了.

D,E  of being, of  having

A. analysts, who predicted

后面that前有last year

后面that前有last year

B. analysts, whose predictions

C. analysts and their predictions

D. analysts’ predicting

E,analysts’ predictions

     that 前为什么不能有last year？