og 12 93

ruirui_hsu

OG 12 -93
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last  year.(A) Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were
(B) Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(C) Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year's because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(D) It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher for this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were
(E) It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year's because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did


关于比较的问题，这里不是比较价格的问题么？到底应该比较什么啊？
看了很多这种情况，到现在还是区分不出来。一会是时间状语比较，一会又不是。哪位高人能讲明白？
我一开始觉得是价格的比较因此就选择了E last year's 来表达是价格比较。
可是答案A 说是时间状语的比较？我就疯了.....

岳朋

相同的问题。  this year than last???  在这里last 代表last year's? 我选择E，
但是官方解释认为太wordy, 只是A选项中如果是 this year than last year's  我会优先选择A

孩子气0103

在比较过程中，如果是主语比较，时态不一致的情况下是要补出助动词或者系动词的。而在这个句子中如果是比较Price,应该是Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last   were   because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last  year.因此很明显是在比较状语， this year than last year.  而状语时间的比较是可以间接反映出主语的比较含义的。  希望可以帮助你！

jianglindenise

建议LZ去看看比较之庖丁解牛这篇精华~~

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-103101-1-1.html

这句中this year和last year明显是做时间状语的~~~所以不必重复前面的主谓宾~~