In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.
A.the numbers of tucks alone
B.that number of trucks alone
C.the number of trucks by themselves
D.as many trucks themselves
E.as many trucks by themselves
D和E的as many trucks或者只是as many都没有问题 但是后面企图用themsevels来表示alone的意思不对
In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice that number of tucks alone came off the assembly lines. = In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost 938000 tucks alone came off the assembly lines.
多谢版主,I totally agree with you 'that' is a determiner. That's the reason why 'that' is correct answer instead of 'the'. So 'came off' is used to modify 'trucks'