只有9天就要考了，问一个讨论过的问题~

GWD-10-Q1:

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

Answer: A/C

答案有争议，GEMJ说选C。

这是NN们的精彩讨论http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&id=22588

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=23&replyID=105866&id=15633&star=1&skin=0

但是有人提出“原文的意思是four times more likely than....就是多四倍.也是前面的是后面的五倍.....而C中是four times as likely as ...是四倍”好象也有道理，那么C是不是改变原意？

只请教这一个知识点，其他的语法点前面NN都已经讨论得很精彩了，请XDJM们指教

原文的意思如果没有歧义就视作文章希望表达的意思，C项改变了原意。in planning to practice的确有这个用法，把习惯搭配作为排除点是最最后才考虑的内容，除了太显而易见的错误外如not only...but also.

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