OG16里SC的一道新题，求详解

Ziyu_Chen

在OG16 706页
A long-term study of some 1,000 physicians indicates that the more coffee these
doctors drank, the more they had a likelihood of coronary disease.
(A) more they had a likelihood of coronary disease
(B) more was their likelihood of having coronary disease
(C) more they would have a likelihood to have coronary disease
(D) greater was their likelihood of having coronary disease
(E) greater was coronary disease likely

这是OG的解析
Idiom; Rhetorical construction;
This sentence describes the results of a study in which researchers found a
correlation between the amounts of coffee that people drank and their likelihood
of coronary disease. It most eloquently expresses this correlation as a comparison
of parallel forms, using the idiom the + comparative adjective phrase . . . the +
comparative adjective phrase. The two adjective phrases should have the same
grammatical form.
A This version obscures the intended correlation between coffee and
likelihood. The phrase the more they had a likelihood somewhat illogically
indicates that the research subjects had likelihood to a greater degree rather
than that their likelihood was greater.
B Although the adverb more is used to indicate a greater degree or extent in
phrases such as more likely, the adjective more normally indicates greater
quantity. Thus, the use of more as an adjective modifying their likelihood is
nonstandard. Differences in a particular type of likelihood are normally
thought of as matters of degree, not of quantity. Greater is the preferred
adjective for indicating such differences.
C The conditional verb phrase would have a likelihood to have is redundant,
wordy, and not comparable to the simple past tense drank.
D Correct. This version uses proper wording and is clear and concise.
E This completion of the comparison is not idiomatic; moreover, it is
ungrammatical, attempting to use an adjective greater to describe an adverb,
likely.
The correct answer is D.

解析都看得懂，就是不明白AB的区别，求大神解答

alzn2765

这题从头到尾只有一个Decision Point:
Likehood是名词，更likehood不能用more likehood；Likely是形容词或者副词，更likely要用more likely
ABC: more搭配likehood，错
E:greater搭配likely，错
只有D正确
be likely to do和likehood of doing是一个无效的DP，对解题没有任何帮助。
估计在实际考试中这题也就600分的难度，在前10题中见到正常。20题以后还能见到这种给分题估计就掉库了。

Ziyu_Chen

alzn2765 发表于 2016-2-2 14:15
这题从头到尾只有一个Decision Point:
Likehood是名词，更likehood不能用more likehood；Likely是形容词或 ...

你说的这个我懂，我是说解析里讲的那个关于AB的意思
比如假设使用了正确的greater
为什么the greater they had a likelihood of...
和the greater was their likelihood of..
两个意思不同

alzn2765

Ziyu_Chen 发表于 2016-2-2 14:27
你说的这个我懂，我是说解析里讲的那个关于AB的意思
比如假设使用了正确的greater
为什么the greater the ...

你跟GWD说的中国学生真的是一模一样。。。。
英语中表达逻辑意思的基本单位是句子，句子表达逻辑意思，单词不表达逻辑意思比如：
如果天下雨，那么地上会湿。
这句话说了下雨了吗？没有
这句话只说了下雨和地湿的关系。

杀了人的GWD在喝水。
这句话说GWD杀人了吗？没有
这句话只说了GWD在喝水。
同理：
喝了水的GWD在杀人。
这句话和上一句话的单词完全一样。但是逻辑意思则完全不同：这句话只说了GWD在杀人。

看意思要看句子表达的逻辑意思，不能单看单词或者词组。两个单词完全一样的句子，因其结构不同导致其表达的根本是不同意思的逻辑。

此题：
A说的是they had something...也就是说喝了更多的咖啡使得他们获得了什么东西。
B说的是their likelihood of doing sth was greater 也就是喝了更多的咖啡使得他们doing sth的likelihood变大了。

你觉得那个逻辑意思是作者想表达的？

不会从句子理解逻辑意思会让你的逻辑和阅读变成噩梦，不信做几套GWD题就知道了。
早改，早超生。

Ziyu_Chen

alzn2765 发表于 2016-2-2 14:51
你跟GWD说的中国学生真的是一模一样。。。。
英语中表达逻辑意思的基本单位是句子，句子表达逻辑意思，单 ...

谢谢，我第一次做