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二丫zheng

There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic."

(A) a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
(B) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
(C) a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
(D) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
(E) a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had

C选项为什么不对呢？that指代commitment ，the conmmitment of their parents and gradparents 和前面的commitment比较不可以吗？

南瓜妹妹

D 选项正解：a commitment (to work) 和 a career 是平行的，也就是说这二者是less of 修饰的并列成分。
C 选项错在：如果选C，那么smaller就只能修饰 commitment , 而career则没有了比较级的修饰了，改编句意。

jy4780163

the conmmitment of their parents and gradparents 和前面的commitment

你看这两个比较对等么。。。the conmmitment of their parents and gradparents 应该和the conmmitment of young people 对等的~

jaze

你能加上下划线吗？