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taotaozi

Why not choose C ? Please help me.

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.

 

1. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
2. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
3. minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
4. it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
5. it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

   Answer: A

 

 

 

eejensen

C change the meaning of oringal sentence

Josh_gotcha

C is the beset answer!  Screw A!

chnp

我也认为A是错的。大家知道应该是are likely to do，而A里面的to按照句意是plan to practice。所以A里面结构都不完整。

C里面的to plan on doing不但在结构上，从逻辑意思上来说也比A通顺一点。

关于比较对象are的补出我倒觉得不是太重要，因为没有影响意思的表达。