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GWD1-Q16: Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
A. a greater proportion than it was B. a greater proportion than C. a greater proportion than they have been D. which is greater than was so E. which is greater than it has been
B，补全 a greater proportion than it had been GWD-12-Q30: According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it. A．
than B. than born C. than they were D. than there had been E. than had been born A. 补全应该是 than they were born to women under it.
251. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s. (A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than (B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than (C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were (D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had（A）
(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than A 补全是extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than what they were
Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days. (A) they had in their previous campaigns (B) their previous campaigns had had (C) they had for any previous campaign (D) in their previous campaigns（E） (E) for any previous campaign E 补全为 it had had for any previous campaign D时态指示不对，in their previous campaigns是过去时，同时指代错
以上几题的解答：其他项的错误都是尝试补全失败，省略的选项成了最后的剩者~成了最佳答案
不能省略的例子 To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility. A. have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic B. have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical C. would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical D. would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic E. would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economical A：D Than about the social and economical歧义 1.
A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago. (A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago (B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago (C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago (D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago（C） (E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago Than five years ago.歧义
大全299. Florida will gain another quarter-million jobs this year alone, many of them in high-paying fields like electronics and banking, making the state’s economy far more diversified than ten years ago. (A) high-paying fields like electronics and banking, making the state’s economy far more diversified than (B) high-paying fields like electronics and banking, and making the state’s economy far more diversified than its economy (C) high-paying fields such as electronics and banking, to make the state’s economy far more diversified than (D) such high-paying fields as electronics and banking, making the state’s economy far more diversified than it was (E) such high-paying fields as electronics and banking, and make the state’s economy far more diversified than it was Than 10 years ago.歧义
大全956. Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music. (B) what he lacked in technical skill was more than made up by 比较的内容不同，省略what，类似的结构在一题的题干中有体现 What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era. 省略sound
时态（正确选项是省略结构）+是否有歧义（正确选项是不能省略结构），可以作为解题的依据和参考 结论：than省略后的成分是什么，如果是能引起歧义的成分如某些情况下时间状语，such as “ten years ago”，则不能省略。 | 
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