"more than" is just an adverb that modifies the verb "double". You can just delete it when answering this SC question. This question has been discussed so many times... Please help yourself and do some search.
16. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the Julv-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter. (A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of (B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double (C) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled (D) of personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubling that of (E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of 答案是B,对于that/of;expectation。。。would什么的都没有问题 可是我不是很清楚这句话的结构到底是什么,看之前的帖子也没有明白,希望大家指点~ 1.more than前后不是应该平行才对吗?这句话的比较对象到底什么? personal spending in the July-September quarter 和the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter比较吗?不对吧? 2.double是做动词的吗?那它前面加more than也是对的吗? 句意应该是, 8月份的零售额上升了百分之0.8,进一步证实了预期:7-9月份的个人消费将两倍于上一季度百分之1.4的增长还多。 对吧?
-- by 会员 TS28 (2012/3/23 20:30:14)
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