gwd 12 两道语法请较

rhod

以下是引用addietan在2004-6-16 13:55:00的发言：

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

Choice B is obviously wrong, because the verb "were" does not agree with "the metabolism".

rhod

以下是引用jetrong在2004-6-14 17:49:00的发言：

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！

同意。

另外，我觉得alone和by oneself只有在修饰人的时候才可以互换。这里指的是客观数字，只能用alone.

看longman的解释:

1. if you are alone in a place, there is no one with you synonym by yourself

She lives alone .
You shouldn't leave a child alone in the house.
My wife and I like to spend time alone together away from the kids.

所有的例句都指人。

5. without including anything else

The case will cost thousands of pounds in legal fees alone.

这条例句指的是一个客观数据，没有synonym: by oneself.

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-4 11:39:40编辑过]

jam1818

大全题目103

American productivity is declining in relation to Europe’s; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.

(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany

(B) as much as twice that of West Germany’s expenditure

(C) up to two times of West Germany’s expenditure

(D) up to two times what West Germans expended（A）

(E) up to double the West German expenditure

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American productivity is declining in relation to Europe’s; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.

(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany

(B) as much as twice that of West Germany’s expenditure

(C) up to two times of West Germany’s expenditure

(D) up to two times what West Germans expended（A）

(E) up to double the West German expenditure

jimjohn

以下是引用rhod在2004-7-4 11:34:00的发言：

Choice B is obviously wrong, because the verb "were" does not agree with "the metabolism".

Agree. A is the best.

perpetual

agree b,a

闲云漫舞

Q14,Q28 up B,A

如果Q28没有明显的主谓搭配错误，感觉B比A更流畅。C更错误，those of...与后面两个's造成重复，且前面的a metabolism与后面的the metabolisms不平行，违背ETS原则。

joe11

rhod 的解释合理。

欧选了 B, A.

comeby_j2004

以下是引用bon在2004-6-14 12:11:00的发言：

用google查，没有twice that number这种表达法，查出来的都是twice the number

我还是选c

I have googled the usage of "twice that number of ....", I copied the result here, it seems it is justified.

In Switzerland, 50,000 signatures on a petition, a bit over 1% of the current total of qualified voters, are enough to haul any new countrywide law before a vote of the whole people. Twice that number of signatures will put a brand-new idea for a law to the people's decision, even if parliament wants nothing to do with it.

the above sentence is drawn from this website :  http://www.bcinitiative.com/article3.htm

看来我们只需要讨论 alone 和 by themselves 哪个更好就行了。

另外，刚才电脑无法输入中文，所以硬着头皮勉强打了一段英文。

daxing

14题，大家都在讨论THE NUMBER 和THAT NUMBER 的区别，请问 THE NUMBER / THAT NUMBER 能 CAME OFF THE ASEMBLE LINE？ 好象TRUCKS 从装配线上下来更合理吧。所以D或E 对，我认为D对

wlt

'of' here means 'to or away', in other word, 'from'.

so the original sentence attempts to express:

a: ...the numbers 'from' trucks

b: ...that number 'from' trucks

since 'that' refers to 469,000, also in B, using number rather than numbers. So B is better...