A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation's clergy, twice as much as 1977.
2. According to surveys by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 20 percent of young adults used cocaine in 1979, doubling those reported in the 1977 survey.
(A) doubling those reported in the 1977 survey
(B) to double the number the 1977 survey reported
(C) twice those the 1977 survey reported
(D) twice as much as those reported in the 1977 survey
(E) twice the number reported in the 1977 survey
这道题为什么是A， 而不是E？ A）doubling看起来是修饰整个前面的句子？ B））在comma后使用不定是-to double是对的，但是这句子可起来说使用cocaine的本意是为了double the number in the report，不对。 C）those指的是number or young adults，What is the antecedent - young adults(plural) or number(singular). It should clearly refer to "the number". D) as much as 不可数，而young adults 可数的，不对 E）Twice the number” completes the comparison with “20% of young adults” – a number.对的。
是否是因为 20percent不是一个具体的数字，不能用the number, 应改为 twice the percent
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4. A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation's de twice as much as 1977.
Choice A is phrased illogically in that it says the young adults in the 1979 survey somehow doubled the people in the 1977 survey, not that the number of young adults using cocaine doubled. The infinitive to double, used unidiomatically in B, carries the sense of in order to double. Again in choice C, twice the number would be preferable to twice those(people).It is not clear in choice D whether twice as much… refers to the number of young adults using cocaine in 1979 or the amount of cocaine they used. Choice E is best for this moderately easy question.
A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation’s clergy, twice as much as 1977.
A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation’s clergy, twice as much as 1977.
(A) twice as much as 1977
(B) twice as many as 1977
(C) double what it was in 1977
(D) double the figure for 1977
(E) a number double that of 1977’s
选项D中double 是什么词性啊，有谁能说说E为什么错吗？谢谢
看晕了～～～ almost 9 percent of the nation’s clergy 插入语，double在这是形容词。
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