OG10-SC-132

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132. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.

(A)  equivalent to the enrollment of

(B)  the equivalent of those enrolled in

(C)  equal to those who are enrolled in

(D)  as many as the enrollment of

(E)   as many as are enrolled in

The phrases equivalent to in A, the equivalent of in
                B, and equal to in C have too broad a range of meanings to be used precisely here: that is, they can suggest more than merely numerical equality. Also, as quantitative expressions, equiva­lent and equal often modify nouns referring to uncountable things, as in "an equivalent amount of resistance" or "a volume of water equal to Lake Michigan." To establish numerical comparability between groups with countable members, the phrase as many as is preferable. Choice D, however, uses this phrase improperly in comparing eight million people to enrollment, not to other people. The comparison in E, the best choice, is logical because people is understood as the subject of are enrolled.

关于D，enrollment 不是有入学人数的意思吗?,人数之间的比较为什么不对

关于E，
                    as many as are enrolled in as many as 后不需要加those吗，还是省略了主语people，这样as后面是从句吗

周末愉快

第一个AS是副词,第二个是连词,后面连接句子.

AS.....AS.....的结构.AS 后面的句子省略PEOPLE.

这题目我也有疑问,所以大家都说说吧.

tangzimo

这道题要注意比较对象对等的问题，这道题里体现得比较隐蔽，但这是经常出现的一个考点。

题中比较对象之一是eight million people（人），当然划线部分要和人对等，也应该是人。所以有enrollment的选项全错。

E中这种省略是GMAT语法中很常见的，我也说不清楚是什么规律，但在PREP语法破解版里比比皆是，而且通常都是正确项。

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-12-30 11:14:35编辑过]

周末愉快

哦,多谢提醒.那我去看看PREP吧.

今天刚好发现这个PREP解释,还在犹豫要不要花时间去看呢.