XDF-S20-T17, "The rate is fast"逻辑搭配可以吗?

isuffering

17.In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly
twice what it was in the 1970's.

   (A) twice as fast as
   (B) twice as fast as it was in
   (C) twice what it was in
   (D) two times faster than that of
   (E) two times greater than

由A产生疑问,
The rate of increase is fast.
The rate is fast.

这样的搭配逻辑意思角度可以接受吗?

盼讨论,谢谢.

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-8-27 19:58:07编辑过]

isuffering

个人以为, the rate of increase代表一个数量, 相当于number, amount, 可以用表示数量大小的形容词来修饰, 而不能跟类似于fast的形容词来搭配.

isuffering

以下是引用isuffering在2003-8-25 19:24:00的发言：

The rate is fast.
“速率是快的”

逻辑搭配不行吧?

牛牛快出来帮忙解疑呀!

gmatswallow

显然是c 啊，og上好像有类似的题目