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764.The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.
(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than

答案a. E为什么不对呢？

tulipmontreal

我觉得 E的问题在 WITH引导的伴随结构应该紧跟修饰的名词, 否则引起歧义.

请牛牛指教!

dajiqi

至少比较对象不明

青鸟

以下是引用dajiqi在2004-6-3 15:06:00的发言：
至少比较对象不明

我怎么看着听明白的呢，The gyrfalcon。。。（ has survived a close brush with extinction，） now with numbers five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.

在请赐教。谢谢了

Snazzy

'extinction' and 'with' dont' agree.

here is an example:

Here comes the teacher, with a book in his hand. --- agreement.

gemj

以下是引用青鸟在2004-6-3 15:30:00的发言：

我怎么看着听明白的呢，The gyrfalcon。。。（ has survived a close brush with extinction，） now with numbers five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.

在请赐教。谢谢了

同意tulipmontreal和Snazzy的说法，WITH应该是修饰紧靠它前面的词。

花仙子

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riclyme

than后能加when么？一直苦闷这个问题，谢谢

riclyme

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kellywei

应该是在when前省略了it was