一道经典的比较题，大家都来看看

dzxu

大全上的168题：
Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake （ of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West）.

(A) 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

答案是D

翻了CD上以前关于这题解释的帖子，但还是不明白。

正确答案D中，than前后的比较成分分别是什么？将D补完整的话，句子应该是怎样的？

其他几项分别错在什么地方呢？

nemiah

xx times ＋noun是固定用法哦。。

billxxyy

个人觉得b，c选项的devastate 100 times the area这样的表示方式也有问题吧，大家觉得呢？

dzxu

谢谢！

正在看这个贴，看完后再议。


aeo的这个写比较的贴也很好：ttp://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-537203-1-1.html

另外推荐一个前几天找到的一个比较贴，个人觉得比较全。
http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-263606-1-1.html?SearchText=%E5%8E%9F%E5%88%9B%20%E6%AF%94%E8%BE%83%E7%BB%93%E6%9E%84%E6%80%BB%E7%BB%93


上面这题继续欢迎讨论啊，还没弄明白。

Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake （ of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West）.

nemiah

关于比较，刚才对一个贴提了我的理解。http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-574090-1-1.html

有空看一下？欢迎讨论。。。

dzxu

如果真是倒装，很少见到啊。

这题还是有点迷惑。

比较结构的题确实纠结，这几天一直专门看这个。

nemiah

我理解这里是倒装吧。。

dzxu

我觉得一个很tricky的地方是there，前面提到there，后面应该较早体现出来。D、E满足。

A：it 指代前面的an earthquake of a given magnitude， 二者不同.
B：同样it指代有误。 instead of 做比较，错误。
C：应该用will表示宾语an area比较
D选项：will devastate an area 100 times greater than a quake of comparable magnitude .... will devastate .. 属于宾语比较。

E：than 后面的if使得比较不平衡。

-- by 会员 nemiah (2011/7/12 16:49:23)

谢谢楼主！


D项，如果是宾语比较，a quake of comparable magnitude 为什么跑到will后面去了呢？

nemiah

我觉得一个很tricky的地方是there，前面提到there，后面应该较早体现出来。D、E满足。

A：it 指代前面的an earthquake of a given magnitude， 二者不同.
B：同样it指代有误。 instead of 做比较，错误。
C：应该用will表示宾语an area比较
D选项：will devastate an area 100 times greater than a quake of comparable magnitude .... will devastate .. 属于宾语比较。

E：than 后面的if使得比较不平衡。

dzxu

自己顶一下。

看不懂D项than之后will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West。

如果按照will，此句应该是比较主语，但后面的a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West，这个如何理解？