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The average number of hours it takes a Borodian television assembler to assemble a television has not decreased significantly during the past three years.

.... amounted 40,000 people in the LACE>United StatesLACE>, double in LACE>MexicoLACE> in 1940.>>

a)      double>>

b)      double the number of those>>

c)      twice the number

d)      twice those

e)      twice as many as those

我认为答案是B，不知对否？有那位大侠对此类比较的题型有研究，总结一下，twice, double, twice as many as ,ect

请在标题中写明，您连续两个相同标题的帖子，我都以为是重复发帖呢。

标题写得清楚，会更快地获得回答，谢谢！

感觉这题B/E都正确，如果JJ作者记忆正确的话，很难分辨出哪一个更好

.... amounted 40,000 people in the LACE>United StatesLACE>, double in LACE>MexicoLACE> in 1940.>>

a)      double>>

b)      double the number of those

c)      twice the number   

d)      twice those          those指代people，twice不能接人

e)      twice as many as those     

参考下面很经典的两题，你会对倍数表达和出题点有一定的感觉和熟悉度

51.        According to surveys by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 20 percent of young adults used cocaine in 1979, doubling those reported in the 1977 survey.

(A) doubling those reported in the 1977 survey

(B) to double the number the 1977 survey reported

(C) twice those the 1977 survey reported

(D) twice as much as those reported in the 1977 survey（E）

(E) twice the number reported in the 1977 survey

4. A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation’s clergy, twice as much as 1977.

(A) twice as much as 1977

(B) twice as many as 1977

(C) double what it was in 1977

(D) double the figure for 1977          （D）

(E) a number double that of 1977’s

Diction

Some quantities, such as people, can be counted; other quantities, such as respect, cannot. It can be said that a person earned much respect, or that many people attended an event. Here, much is incorrectly applied to ministers. As 1977 in correctly completes the comparison; it would have to be as many as in 1977, which is not one of the possible answer. Another way to make the comparison emphasizes the number, 20,736; a number can be doubled. Double the figure for 1977 places the focus on the number and correctly completes the comparison.

A Much incorrectly refers to ministers; as should be as in

B As 1977 does not correctly complete this comparison; it should be as in 1977

C What it was is awkward, wordy and unclear

D Correct. Double the figure places the emphasis of the sentence on the number of ministers; for 1977 correctly completes the comparison.

E Wordy and awkward construction

但对于下面885中的一题:
17. In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
答案C

怎么解释what it was