请教语法题

Huhoo

这是2000年10月的语法题：请大家指教
13。---1819, water-powered textile manufacturing arrived in New Hampshire with the founding of a company in Manchester that manufactured cotton and wool.
a. Early
b.In the early
c. As early as
d. When early
  这道题的答案是c，但是请大家指教原因。as...as的这种用法，我还没有见过，因为1819 的比较对象并不存在呀？还有b为什么不对那？

26。(Among the) symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days (to )incubate, (are) a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough,and (sensitive) to light.
答案是c，我认为答案错了，应当是d。 因为这是一个全倒装句子，我的想法对吗？

linda05312

hehe~~
我认为
13. as early as 是"早在"的意思, 这个最贴切,b虽然没有语法上的错误,但意思上感觉没有c好.

26. 答案应该是d,这是倒装句，平行结构,后面的fever,swelling, cough,sensitivity是主语，所以用复数.

Huhoo

谢谢指教！

lanxirose

把1819看成一个名词, AS BEAUTIFUL AS FLOWER . AS EARLY AS 1918,不就一回事吗?
IN THE EARLY 1819, 好象没有这种用法,这种情况下,THE EARLY需要表示一个阶段, IN THE EARLY TWENTITH CENTURY.

Huhoo

非常赞同！我自己也查了字典，b答案的不妥之处好象是多了一个the！我确实没有想过把1819想成一个名词，谢谢指教！