OG 199 请大家来做一做吧，很想知道答案

199. Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

 (D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

请大家做一做，我不知道正确答案，另外想知道各个选项的错误在哪里

万分感谢

my guess is C.

我选B

100 times 后面应该直接接名词。则剩下B,C

C 中，有歧义了。

(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

感觉是在说，破坏的面积是美国东部的100倍。而原本是想表达，发生在东部的地震摧毁的区域面积是发生在西部的地震摧毁的面积的100倍。

感觉是在说，破坏的面积是美国东部的100倍。而原本是想表达，发生在东部的地震摧毁的区域面积是发生在西部的地震摧毁的面积的100倍。

(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

100倍后面不需要跟than么？