The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that present as little risk as one in a million chances to cause cancer.
9. The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that
present as little risk as one in a million chances to cause cancer.
(A) as little risk as one in a million chances to cause
(B) as little risk as one chance in a million of causing
(C) as little risk as one chance in a million that it will cause
(D) a risk as little as one chance in a million for causing
(E) a risk as little as one chance in a million for it to cause
答案选B,我怎么就觉得2个比较对象:risk和one chance in a million不对等呢,还是在这里as......as....根本就不是一个比较结构,求解答。比较问题真是让我纠结,总是错。
-- by 会员 yunshishow (2011/9/28 18:48:22)
首先是代词的数, c项中的that it will cause, E项中的for it to cause. it指代的是上文中的toxic substances, 但是彼处是复数,此处是单数,矛盾。 另外it不能指称risk, 否则意思变成了’风险导致癌症‘,而不是’导致癌症的风险‘。 所以排除C E
A项中的one in the million chances的说法不对,因为所要表达的不是‘在百万机会中的一个机会’, 而是 ‘在百万情况下的一个情况的机会’ 把省略的部分补充完整以后是这样:'one (case) chance in a million (cases)' 或者不用加 case,而直接指百万分之一的机会亦可。 A项中的million chances表示的是百万机会,错。
D项中 如果把中间部分去掉的话,我们得到了a risk for causing的结构,但是这里的意思和a risk of causing cancer完全不同, 参考这个句子: His failure to follow the professor in class puts a risk for passing the exam. 他上课没有跟上教授,给他通过考试带来了风险。
所以risk for causing cancer的意思是给导致癌症这个目的带来了风险,与句子本义完全相反。所以排除D
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