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nicolelexi

The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

husthaixiao

404.In the
1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as 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（C）
(E) two times greater than
answer：C
此题根据文章所要表达的意思来看，要对比的是80年代与70年代的“the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States ”，虽然在80年代与70年代都有增长率“rate”，但是增长率对应的“数值”是不一样的，文章所要对比的是这背后的“数值”而不是表面上的那个"rate"，C选项中，it 指代的是前文中的“rate”，“what it was ”指的就是那个“rate”所对应的数值了！也就是说对比的是不同时间同一概念的不同内涵。


170. A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago
ANSWER C

我们再看这一题：此题中伴随状语“ making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than .....”这里如果不补上“主语”与“系动词”的话那么对比的是“ economic health ”还是“A large rise ”就含混不清了，补上之后便一目了然。为什么不用“what”？这里要考虑清楚，文中所对比的就是“ economic health ”，而不是这个词背后所指的其他，是同一对象用“it”便可以了~~

170. A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago
ANSWER C

我们再看这一题：此题中伴随状语“ making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than .....”这里如果不补上“主语”与“系动词”的话那么对比的是“ economic health ”还是“A large rise ”就含混不清了，补上之后便一目了然。为什么不用“what”？这里要考虑清楚，文中所对比的就是“ economic health ”，而不是这个词背后所指的其他，是同一对象用“it”便可以了~~

zoexixi

404.        In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as 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（C）
(E) two times greater than
answer：C


170. A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago
ANSWER C
想问大全404这题和这个170题的区别？404没有what就是错的，170没有what就是对的？

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-6-25 0:35:41编辑过]

-- by 会员 laipiyu (2008/6/25 0:34:00)

404. C 选项逻辑意思是比较，但是实际上不是一个比较句，而是一个【主系表】结构的句子，
twice 在这里是一个限定词，省略下就是the rate was what，不可能 the rate was it was in 1970's，
所以what 不能省略

170. 是一个宾语补语的比较句，需要补出主谓来表明是宾补比较，这里的主谓指的是宾语和宾语补足语之间的关系，不是主句主谓。
所以，what必须去掉。

lyx6117

弱弱的回一句，manhattan上的解释其实并没有纠结于句子的结构，而是rate本身不能用fast形容。只能用high~

bingzhix

好贴。。。收益。。

肥海

这个帖子太好啦，忍不住要挖老帖回复下。尤其同义某楼大神说的，能省就省，有歧义就必须补。
现在看来，这种比较，介词宾语+宾语修饰词（补足语or定语） 的题就非常清晰了。

24.    In his eagerness to find a city worthy of Priam, the German archaeologist Schliemann
cut through Troy and uncovered a civilization a thousand years older as was the city Homer
’s heroes knew.
(A) older as was the city Homer’s heroes knew
(B) more ancient than the city known to Homer’s heroes
(C) older than was the city known to Homer’s heroes
(D) more ancient of a city than Homer’s heroes knew
(E) older of a city than was the one known to Homer’s heroes

170.    A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new
construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s
economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years
ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years
ago
(C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five
years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years
ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five
years ago

这两题，其实都是比较的介词宾语，因为宾语都带有后置修饰语（宾补or小定从）
所以比直接比较介词滨云，宾语后面没有后置修饰语的，略复杂一些些

但其实，在宾语和修饰其实又是一套小的主谓结构，宾是主，谓语被省略
所以又可以当成是比较主语啦

按照常规，比较主语的话，要考虑主语B，会不会误认为和主语A以外的，其他名词（比如宾语，比如另外句子的主语）
老生常谈的，he like apple more than John 不加的话就容易歧义

而上面两题，非常关键的就在于，【than 后面的那个名词，也就是另外一个宾语+后置修饰语，宾语的是什么词！】
24题的，比较两个介宾+后置定语，前面是a civilization（was）1000year ···后面是the city （was）known
因为than后面用了具体名词！！the city！！所以比较清晰的，city和前面的civilization比较，city的谓语也是同civilization的谓语
都是was，而不太会将city，和开头的考古学家a···list比较，city的动词肯定也不是考古学家发出的cut或者uncover，
所以比较明显，不像he like apple more than John那样，说更喜欢苹果也行比John更喜欢苹果也行，都没违和感，不明显
所以根据原则，能省就省


而170题，之所以要补，【就是因为than 后面用了模糊的代词 it！！！】不是具体的名词，刚好前面又有a rise和health
it指代哪个都说得过去，所以非得加上was（health was much more···的was），而不用did来区别rise 的 和他的动作starts

所以综上，这种不是比较两个简单介宾的，而是比较两个有后置定语的介宾的，
特别留意下，要不要给than后面的宾补上动词，就看宾语选的什么词，数量上和意义上，会不会和than前面那个介宾以外的其他名词有暧昧，清晰就不补，有歧义而且确实都说得通的歧义，就补。

还是大神总结的那句，能省就省，有歧义就必须补！

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