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199. Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

(A)        of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

(B)         of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

(C)        will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(D)        in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(E)         that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

will 是必须的吗？？

这里是否使用了倒装，不倒装是否依然正确？？will devastate…than a quake of comparable magnititude occurring in the west will (do)??        Do 还要吧？？

是倒装。

此处重复了quake，我个人认为will不是必须的，但prefer，但如果象C一样用one of来代替，就要will了。

我感觉will倒装不是必须的，但由于主语实在太长，prefer倒装。

do不需要。

啊~~谢谢^_^

请问 devastate an area 100 times greater是什么意思?

是指面积大小比较?还是严重程度比较?