弱弱的问两个语法。。。help~

piaoface · 发表于 2011-9-21 13:13:21

185. (26406-!-item-!-188;#058&001926) (GWD-8-Q41)

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in

the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many

A. there are less than one-quarter that many

B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount

D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount

E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount

为什么选B,不选D?

186.(32899-!-item-!-188;#058&007188)(GWD-6-Q41)

The greatest road system built in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending from northern Ecuador through Peru to southern Chile.

A. Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending

B. Columbus was the Incan highway, over 2,500 miles in length, and extended

C. Columbus, the Incan highway, which was over 2,500 miles in length and extended

D. Columbus, the Incan highway, being over 2,500 miles in length, was extended

E. Columbus, the Incan highway was over 2,500 miles long, extending

B选项为什么不行？

yxyqm · 发表于 2011-9-29 14:30:46

185同问

186 B选项后面的and extended与was the incan highway并列，主语是The greatest road system,不太好，因为全句的主语重心应该是the incan highway。相比之下e选项嗨皮很多

vincci · 发表于 2011-9-29 14:42:13

185 我觉得问题是可数不可数

less than....amount至少manhattan里把它归为UNcountable modifers里面。。。。
我觉得amount没有可指代的。。。不能用来指可数的drive-ins呀。。。

个人意见。。。大家一起探讨。。。

jeffxu · 发表于 2011-9-29 15:04:26

赞成vincci的意见。这题prep上有的吧。

弱弱的问两个语法。。。help~

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