GWD的一道语法题

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

A.  minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

B.    minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing

C.   minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

D.  it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice

E.    it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

我选C，但答案是A。个人认为be likely to do sth.比较好吧，请大家帮忙解答，谢谢！

其实as likely as 与more likely 的侧重点不同，轻微区别关系不大。关键在于发现than 后有are，而as后没有，再者C中to的作用显然不清晰，不知道是修饰minority graduates 还是other graduates ，而A中in doing 某方面，则没有此瑕疵。更有plan on =make preparations，plan to=intend，改变了句子原意。

至于be likely to do ，这个习语是很好，但应看出此题考点在于比较句以及in doing，无他法，只能通过时间来形成准确分析力

分析的真清楚，谢谢你啦。

作题的时候是看出了than后面的are，不过觉得这种比较结构中be动词好像是可以省略的吧。还是说这种情况都要尽量补出呢?

你问的这个问题，可大可小，单就这一题来说，肯定是补全最好。但确实在OG上，as adj as结构中不补全be的例子也有。

所以，我建议，包括以后，不以是否as adj as结构后面系动词是否存在为惟一评判标准，姑且算有be和没be 都对(呵呵，经验之谈哦)，关键应结合其它部分综合来看。