GWD-4-4(没人问过的为什么不选a)

laoitao

GWD-4-4

已经看过所有的讨论贴，如http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=23&replyID=1168984&id=123173&skin=0 但仍有疑问未明。。

Q4:

A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

1. as
      
2. than
      
3. that
      
4. of what
      
5. at which

我对此题目的理解是：一种新的头发生长药剂按毫克卖价是另一种使用相同成分的药剂价格的三倍。

我觉得有比较的含义，为什么这里不能用AS充当比较的连词呢？ 就是觉得挑不出A的错，其实看答案也觉得C说的挺通顺的。（找到一种解释：amy_lyy曾说过：A.B，as前后结构不对称，  就是比较时必须为as(adv.)... as(conj.) ..., not so/as...as..连用，但是有例句：The population of his city is twice as largeas that of mine.我糊涂了（连夜翻找答案，可能营养供应不足）这里的比较也没有一定是要as...as啊

或者AS能够作为方式状语从句出现么？大家能帮我看看对么？我AS实在没学好。。。）

as充当连词 as常常用来引导一个分句,在句子中充当状语,表示比较,（解释引用自：http://cache.baidu.com/c?word=as%3B%D3%C3%B7%A8&url=http%3A//attach%2Eetiantian%2Ecom//ett20/study/question/upload/2006/8/24/1159091503053%2Edoc&p=8b2a9f05ce8518e802bd9b7c57&user=baidu

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laoitao

顶下，还有人说three times...as 不可以,为什么不可以呢?

是不是说新东方总结

1.倍数 + as + adj. + as

2.倍数 + adjer. + than

3.倍数 + that/those + of

4.倍数 + n.(比较的方面)+ of

可以不是也有这样的正确句子(引自搜索引擎的AS用法小结)The population of his city is twice as largeas that of mine.

是否是因为此用法不规范呢??请求给点指点吧,,脑子彻底糊涂和眩晕了..

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joe11

I can't find any support for A. Let's take a look at your example.

The population of his city is twice as large as that of mine.

That's the as....as structure right there.

The answer lies between C and D.

C. A drug is being sold 3 times the price that      the maker charges for another product.

D. A drug is being sold 3 times the price of what the maker charges for another product.

In C, "that the maker charges for another product" modifies "price". So, C actually is:

C. A drug is being sold 3 times the price.

In D, prep. "of" + what ...  a little bit long.

Between those two, I incline to C. However, the following examples illustrates both usage. With that being said, you should not devote more time to this issue.

Good luck.

Audi is paying about ? million for the deal, which is three times more what Mercedes had to pay for the same number of seasons.

Automotive News Europe; 10/16/2006, Vol. 11 Issue 21, p19-19, 1/4p, 1c

The sale translates into $282 million proceeds for Behrman, presenting a return multiple of 3.6 times of what it has invested.

Buyouts; 7/24/2006, Vol. 19 Issue 15, p14-14, 2/3p

Japan has built a PV installation capacity three times
            that of the USA as of December 2003.

Energy Policy; Feb2007, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p1186-1195, 10p

As a result, the experimenter would prefer to run the experiment in such a manner as to minimize the number of times
            that he/she must change the levels of these factors.

Quality Engineering; Jan2007, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

In order to open an account the client should make an initial deposit which is seven times
            that of a noninterest-bearing account.

Medical Economics; 12/15/2006, Vol. 83 Issue 24, p16-16, 1/6p

gmatgmat

斑竹说的有道理

cold2100

我也选错了，分析了这道题，收益不小。

laoitao

thank you very much~~~

cold2100

感觉还是D好！~

这道题到现在还没有个定论

snowofjune

my answer was A, too

stardust

but the comma before the underlined clause makes me choose D rather than C, does it make sense?

我是马甲哥哥

C is correct.