再请教牛牛语法提

bettyofarim

5.artificial intelligence  emerged during the late 1950’s as an  academic  discipline  based on the assumption  that computer  are  able to be programmed  to think  like people

A.could be  programmed to think like people
B.can be programmed to think as people can
答案是A.请问B如果 不是CAN 没有用过去时,后面的be programmed to think as people could应该等价于be  programmed to think like people 吧?

6. while  the base salary for the top five officers of the company did not change from 1990 to  1991 , cuts were  made in nonsalary  compensation  as in allowances for  overseas assignment and  club membership.

A.cuts  were made in such nonsalary compensation as
B.cuts were made in such ninsalary compenstation as those in
答案是A 但是B的as those in不是和cuts were  made in nonsalary  compensation  对称吗?

joywzy

5。 LIKE比喻。

lilyhuang

5. B.can be programmed to think as people can.  Here, conjunction "as" is used as comparison(比较), that is  "people can be programmed to think", illogically. so you cannot substitute "be programmed to think as people can" with "be programmed to think like people".