问一道PREP语法题 GWD也有的

canaryyang

Q41:
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. there are less than one-quarter that many
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

答案是B 我选了D 求大N解释！！！

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-55348-4-1.html
有个旧帖 大家都觉得D对 但是PREP答案是B 求解释！！！

canaryyang

有解答么 坐等。。。

lonelyorchid

呃，翻了半天的数量的比较，未果。
于是忽然发现，竟然把我都给骗了……

首先答案是B，没错
这道题考的不是数量的比较，而是对象的一致。
前半句说4000多家汽车旅馆，所以后半句也应该说汽车旅馆，而不是汽车旅馆的数量。排除C,D
ABC以there are开头，正确，但是 A 使用less，错误，排除
比较B、C。因为比较的是汽车旅馆的多少，而不是汽车旅馆数量的大小，所以C排除。

非常 tricky 呀……
不知道我的理解是否正确