199. Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake (A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West 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
这题答案是D,其他选项错误的原因是it指代的问题。我不明白的地方就是D中,比较的前半部分有谓语和宾语“devastate an area ”,比较的后面难道直接用quake就可以了吗?难道不是应该quake+动词的形式吗?希望NN指点~