[求助]白勇修辞section7-14,18

tina_aya

14. As rare as something becomes, be it a baseball card or a musical recording or a postage stamp, the more avidly it is sought by collectors .
(D) The rarer something becomes, like
(E) The rarer something becomes, whether it is

答案是e为什么不能选d,有什么不同我觉得d比较简洁耶

18. Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure

答案是e我选d,percent较高不是应该用more,为什么要选e

JerryGuan

14、E：不管它是；D：就像；

D中“sth does, like sth2,”这种结构是不对的，此处的介词语意上修饰sth，它应该紧跟在sth后面，而且不用逗号；另外，从句意上也不对。

18、恰恰相反，percent，rate 等是高低 / 而不是多少；你自己也说了“percent较高”！数量number才是多少。

tina_aya

101. Even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounts to a sum lower than one percent of the $541 billion the nation spent on health care last year, doctors say fear of lawsuits plays a major role in health-care inflation.

(A) amounts to a sum lower

(B) amounts to less

(C) amounted to less

(D) amounted to lower

(E) amounted to a lower sum

可是og這題就是用more/less而不是用higher/lower…有什麼不同嗎

answer: c