gwd 12 两道语法请较

jetrong

In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.

1. the numbers of tucks alone

2. that number of trucks alone
3. the number of trucks by themselves
4. as many trucks themselves
5. as many trucks by themselves

我觉得是B。

我查了一下Longman:

alone有一个意思是without including anything else

例子是The case will cost thousands of pounds in legal fees alone

对照这个句子是不是这个意思了？

请NN　指点！

bon

以下是引用jnlvo在2004-6-14 14:12:00的发言：

that number的用法是有的：

852.There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.

(A) which reflects

(B) and that number reflects(best)

(C) which reflect

(D) that number reflects

(E) that reflects

这个跟twice that number有距离，而且不存在twice the number 和twice that number的比较选项

tulipmontreal

哈 怎么没人同意偶的说法 偶可是都查GOOGLE和朗文得出的结论呀

ALONE 和 BY ONESELF可以互相换是在强调做某件事情的时候

jnlvo

同意。不过没找到by oneself英文的解释，否则就更清楚了。

mjiehu

第一题选B

先来解决alone和by one'sself的问题，C的问题出现在the number of trucks by themselves的中心词是number，单复数问题。错。

A中the numbers，错。

看整句意思：

1914：car + truck = 469,000

1929 ：truck = 469,000*2

如果选the number，句子意思变成：

1914：car + truck = 469,000

1929 ：truck = car*2

469,000无意义

bon

the number of trucks by themselves的中心词是number单复数问题。错。

这句话我感觉不对

查google:The number by themselves is a little misleading.

mjiehu

查了google：的确有“The number by themselves is" a little misleading。

不过，google上只有这一举句，而且，好像还是用在口语中，似乎没有什么说服力阿。

tulipmontreal

In 1993, there were 189.4 million vehicles registered nationwide, compared with 181.3 million in 1988, and 142.1 million in 1977. The number of trucks alone mushroomed by 40 percent between 1977 and 1988.

反身代词有以下常见搭配：by oneself（＝alone）独自,靠自己

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dashasha

我选B，A。

addietan

1.C (number should be single, do not use "that")

2.B, because A is not parallel and C/D/E is duplicated in meaning(of and 's).