[讨论]模拟题两道

dydingding

1. When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United states, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.


A


B there are fewer than one-quarter as many


C there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount


D the number is less than one-quarter the amount


E it is less than one-quarter of that amount.


the answer is C, my question is why D is not right?


2. A New York City ordinance of 1897 regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required of cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted pedestrians right-of-way.


A


B regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required     cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times,     granting


C regulating the use of bicycles mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required    that cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times,     and it granted


D regulating the use of bicycles, mandatating a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, requiring    of cyclists that    to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times,     and granted


E regulating the use of bicycles mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required    cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times,     and granted


the answer is E, my question is "mandated" related to what? if the "ordinance" why not "mandating" as "regulating"?

jnlvo

看意思，可知mandated， required    ，granted平行作ordinance谓语，regulating修饰ordinance。

dreadpower

     第一题：D改变句子意思了，D强调数字，C强调存在


    第二题：要理解句子逻辑意思，regulating the use of bicycles是一个大概念，总体描述ordinance的，后面的都是小概念，具体描述

zcoygmat

这位JJ好象也上新东方的网络课堂所以看到管为东的这种题很不习惯把?