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niswzzhn

142.     (32496-!-item-!-188;#058&006253)

 

According to a 1996 study published in the Journal of Human Resources, Americans of Middle Eastern descent were twice as likely as was the national average to be self-employed.

 

(A) as was the national average to be self-employed

(B) as the average American to be self-employed

(C) as the national average that they would be self-employed

(D) to be self-employed than was the average American

(E) that they would be self-employed than was the national average

这道题目的答案是B，我想问一下这道题目的比较对象不是Americans of Middle Eastern和the average American吗？那为什么可以省略was啊？谢谢大家。

niswzzhn

顶啊。

allln123123

was 可以省,这个可以看看论坛里关于比较语法的讨论贴,别的都是人和平均数比较

prayer

以下是引用niswzzhn在2007-12-16 16:42:00的发言：

142.     (32496-!-item-!-188;#058&006253)

 

 

According to a 1996 study published in the Journal of Human Resources, Americans of Middle Eastern descent were twice as likely as was the national average to be self-employed.

 

 

(A) as was the national average to be self-employed 跟americans不对等，不能省略掉american

(B) as the average American to be self-employed 这里的was是作表语，后面没有宾语，主语作比较是可以省略掉be动词，因为不会有相同的名词来引起歧义。

(C) as the national average that they would be self-employed

(D) to be self-employed than was the average American

(E) that they would be self-employed than was the national average

这道题目的答案是B，我想问一下这道题目的比较对象不是Americans of Middle Eastern和the average American吗？那为什么可以省略was啊？谢谢大家。

susieshen

顶，同问！B如果在average前面加上was算不算错 ？？？

AlienX

這一題, 多一個was不影響correctiveness