38.According to a recent study, the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them. (C) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than (D) it is four times more likely for the elderly in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are (E) it is four times as likely that the elderly in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are 答案是C D,E选项中都有错误,如果把D中的they are去掉,对吗???
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42.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. (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 答案是C
同样的,刨除D,E中的错误,其表达是不是不可取??? (感觉ETS似乎认为类似it is nearly four times 。。。。的表达在比较中都是不可取。)