再战牛魔王： 2005年真题

alanguo

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

我在A和C之间犹豫。A中than后面的are是不是多余？因为比较的是主语名词。C中将more than改成了as..as是不是改变了原意：原来是X比Y大四倍，那就是X是Y的五倍；C变成了X是Y的四倍。plan on是打算，计划的意思，没有问题。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-2-11 9:31:58编辑过]

wycg

以下是引用alanguo在2006-2-11 9:30:00的发言：

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

我在A和C之间犹豫。A中than后面的are是不是多余？因为比较的是主语名词。C中将more than改成了as..as是不是改变了原意：原来是X比Y大四倍，那就是X是Y的五倍；C变成了X是Y的四倍。plan on是打算，计划的意思，没有问题。

我同意选A. C用as likely as ...人, 好象没有这么说的呀.

bret

但是A选项中的be likely in doing这个句型是错误的啊

carolhide

C

A表目的要用不定式，除非有固定搭配中必须用in doing。

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
are多余

wycg

那B错在哪呢? C中的nearly 和as likely as 意思重复.不对.