GWD 18-1

QingHuang

Is the answer B?  Please confirm.  Thanks a lot!

The Arthritis Research Institute of America advises women of color that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women.
A．  that they have twice the likelihood to get osteoarthritis of the knee as do White women

B．  that they are twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee

C．  that their likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee is twice as much as White women

D．  of being twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee

E．  of having twice the likelihood of getting osteoarthritis of the knee as White women

Answer: B

downtoearth

为什么是B呢?有人能解释一下吗?

mych666666

be likely to do sth.是正确的固定搭配且用这个动词形式比have...要好；advices后面用that 从句更好；再说D,E being,having 都有问题。

jean1280

A怎么 不对啊？

AlienX

do->have

jinbenben007

记住一个在英语比较句式的表达吧，这个在语法里很受用的。

英语的表达习惯是 .....a.... is more..... than ....b....  in....(aspect)....   汉语翻译：在......方面，a 比 b 更容易......

(B) they are twice as likely as White women to get osteoarthritis of the knee 这个部分，完全符合这种结构。

（Ａ）的思维是受到我们汉语句式的影响了。