请教prep－106

waterer

106. A new study finds that the more hostility people show in their behavior and attitudes, then calcium deposits are more likely to be in the arteries of their hearts.

A. then calcium deposits are more likely to be

B. then the more likely calcium deposits are

C. the more there are likely to be calcium deposits

D. the more likely they are to have calcium deposits

E. the more likely there are to be calcium deposits

答案是D，但是还是有点糊涂，第一个the more是修饰hostility的，对吗？句子前半部分倒装，正常语序应该是people show the more hostility, 选项D中，即后一个the more修饰的是likely？那么是不是与前面的the more结构不对称了呢？我认为正确的答案应该是 the more hostility people show in their behavior and attitudes, the more calcium deposits likely they are to have 。

请指正。3xs

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-12-29 9:05:08编辑过]

Koror

Think about the meaning of the sentence

waterer

嗯,是呀,我也觉得D应该是语义最合适的选项。

这么看来，the more...the more...句型中，两个the more分别 在两个分句中充当的成分可能是不一致的，是吗？

是我太专牛角尖了

Iawfy

我学习从来都是不求甚解
所以我做出答案是Ｄ，对了就pass过去了
真是汗颜哦～
第一个the more修饰hostility,
第二个修饰likely
虽然形式上不对称，但是逻辑意思上还说的过去
是不是people show more hostility就一定会产生calcium deposits in the arteries这个结果呢？
不一定
所以要用一个likely来修饰这个结果实现的可能性
前后在逻辑上形成一个前因后果的关系

waterer

谢谢。

有时候，效率至上，答案第一

l980053

翻译成正常语序MORE就应该修饰LIKELY啊

haileywang

我也觉得b最能体现对称精神，

不懂为什么d对

haileywang

我知道了，刚刚在google里面查了， A new study finds that the more。。。the more句型

前半句主语是people，后半句the more后也应该是人做主语，所以是they

wsdoll

有 there are to be这种说法吗？

wsdoll

有 there are to be这种说法吗？