GWD 1-1 答案似乎不太对，请教牛牛

viviancool

1.According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

GWD试题上答案是A，但是用百度搜了一下，在太傻网的GMAT比较题总结上此题选C。有点给弄糊涂了，请教大牛们，这到题应该选哪个答案？

NKspielberg

同问同问。be likely to do应该才是正确用法，但C的意思又和原文有差别

tse1014

个人觉得应该选择A而非C, 原题是four times, 明显是想表达比较的意思

A才是强调一种比较  more than

而C相对而言, as likely as 是强调什么和什么一样...尽管都有four times在前

但是,明显A的语意更加贴切一些....

koncat

请问一下如果选A的话后面的are实在是想不出做什么成分用的啊...

AlienX

P1#212
C
4th floor說了重點 ;-)