【求解答】一道19OG的新题，感觉和曼哈顿上的知识点有出入啊……

盐焗板鸭

题源：19OG 第694题
According to a recent study, retirees in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them.

A. retirees in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as
B. retirees in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them
C. retirees in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than
D. it is four times more likely for retirees in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are
E. it is four times as likely that retirees in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are


答案是C

但是曼哈顿上不是说如果要用times来表达倍数关系的话，一种是times直接加名词，一种是times和as...as一起用吗？
而且给的例子明确说times+比较级的用法是错误的：
Right：The man is five times as old as his grandson.
Wrong: The man is five times older than his grandson.

解释是第一句意思是5倍关系，第二句是6倍关系。This meaning is unlikely；the author probably meant “five times as old.”

求大神解答！

盐焗板鸭

有没有人呀……

ninihsu0918

Hello, 在SC裡面，通常會有一個以上的錯誤。

According to a recent study, retirees in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them.
這裡我們可以看到More表示「比較」，必須要跟than搭配。
另外在答案選項裡，很明顯的最開始的字分成了 Retirees & It，According...是個Verb-ing的修飾詞修飾著下一句的主詞，另外，it 在GMAT裡面一定要有個可以指代的名詞，但並沒有其他名詞，因此D & E是錯誤的。

A. retirees in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as
B. retirees in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them

這個選項As...as 雖然是正確的但是 it....?????? 另外，As it is for them to receive的結構與前面的 as likely to give.... 完全不同，因此這個選項錯誤。

C. retirees in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than

More...Than正確。 More likely to give .... than to receive.... 平等，正確。

D. it is four times more likely for retirees in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are
E. it is four times as likely that retirees in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are

QXQ.

ninihsu0918 发表于 2018-9-20 22:33
Hello, 在SC裡面，通常會有一個以上的錯誤。

According to a recent study, retirees in the United State ...

想问一下 d e选项里面的it能不能做形式主语来指代后面这件事呢

清酉湘竹2018

QXQ. 发表于 2018-10-24 20:57
想问一下 d e选项里面的it能不能做形式主语来指代后面这件事呢

我有和你一样的问题，我觉得it做形式主语是OK的，但D/E有如下错误：
D: it is four times more likely for retirees in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are 红字部分不平行
E: it is four times as likely that retirees in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are 原句是4 times more, E项是4 times as likely, 改变了句意。

蟹黄味蚕豆

QXQ. 发表于 2018-10-24 20:57
想问一下 d e选项里面的it能不能做形式主语来指代后面这件事呢

it 要么做 to do的形式主语的话 语法上没啥问题 但是than后面是they are 就变成了to do和they 的比较，逻辑上就不对了

sherryx128

清酉湘竹2018 发表于 2018-11-14 11:50
我有和你一样的问题，我觉得it做形式主语是OK的，但D/E有如下错误：
D: it is four times more likely fo ...

It如果做形式主语指代to give regular financial aid to their children, 还原语序就是to give regular financial aid to their children is four times likely for retirees, 意思很奇怪, 从动作发出者的角度解释, 感觉to give ... 不能做four times likely的主语.
同样, E选项that retirees in the United States will give their children regular financial aid is four times as likely, 这个句子也奇怪, 且与they are不能构成比较, they指代谁?