麻烦各位，再问：og89

philikittist

89.   A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were

(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were（C）

(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

这题的答案不难知道，但是由个问题不明白：把正确答案补全是个什么样子？比较的对象是整个“x for y”?

there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were 1/4 microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils？麻烦各位了，下面是og解释。

use the construction “one X for every thirty-two Y’s” to describe the ratio of computers to pupils, but only C, the best answer, is error-free. In A, are does not agree with the subject, one microcomputer; furthermore, in A, B, and D, than is used where as is required. Choices D and E reorder and garble the “one X...” construction, making four times as many refer illogically to pupils.

philikittist

谢谢你的回答！的确我没注意many的问题，太笨了，这个句子实际上不是两个there be的并列，而是第二个there be身处一个比修饰成分中，这个修饰成分修饰第一个there be中的computer。还有个问题： 修饰比例是不是要用great?