请教一条语法题~~谢谢~~~

kwwst

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.

1. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
   
2. minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
   
3. minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
   
4. it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
   
5. it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
   

Answer: A

为什么B不对呢？A选项的than are other....为什么要加多一个are呢？~~~求解答~~

sdcar2010

B is misleading.  What the sentence wants to say is that minority students are more likely to end up in planning something than other graduates (are).

AlohaDJ

提醒lz,答案C is better than A. 请再仔细对照答案。

piacia

个人感觉A比C好。。不知道楼上的理由是什么

sdcar2010

C is the right answer because it uses an idiom in the right way.

likely to do something vs. likely in doing something