A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.
89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago. A. there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were B. there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were C. there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were D. every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were E. every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as
Choices A, B, and C appropriately use the construction "one X for every thirty-two Ys" to describe the ratio of computers to pupils, but only C, the best answer, is error-free. In A, are does not agree with the subject, one microcomputer; furthermore, in A, B, and D, than is used where as is required. Choices D and E reorder and garble the "one X ..." construction, making four times as many refer illogically to pupils.
比较 D. every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer E. every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer 那么应用have 而不是has 了? lzm语法总结说:当another,each one ,no one ,neither,the other,each(each of),either ,everything(-one,-body),anything ,something 作主语时,谓语用单数。我当时就将every划为这一类了。