[求助]GWD1－32

zxzhyzcy

以下是引用饼干冰淇淋在2005-7-7 18:19:00的发言：
同意D.比较对象要一致，既然有now就得和将来比，所以有would。但是将来是have to know，而现在是know，所以than后面应该是than they know now,把相同的动词know用do 来代替。而且economic没有歧义。其他都不对

最同意这个～

罗马青年

精神可嘉！都讨论N年了！

carolinelmf

飘过~~

carolinelmf

这和以下是类似的！！都好争议。但是16题我同意B,32题我同意D~

GWD1-Q16:

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

 

1. a greater proportion than it was

2. a greater proportion than

3. a greater proportion than they have been

4. which is greater than was so

    E.  which is greater than it has been

luweihaororo

以下是引用ProfCPA在2006-7-4 4:27:00的发言：

【讨论】关于economic 和economical

翻阅了不少字典，economical除了节俭的意思之外，也有“＝economic”这层意思。而且如果跟social, political之类的放在一起感觉好看不少

不过当我尝试google "social, political, and economical life"的时候，google同学问我

Did you mean: social, political, and economic life  

这里也许已经超出了咬文嚼字的范畴了。。。。 应该遵循语言习惯？

正在研究这道老题，搜了半天，也不知答案是否已经有定论了？D还是A还是E？：）

来废话两句，我想谈清楚economic与economical的区别，根据“疑似”ETS官方使用辞典《Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary》(10th edition)（GRE很多类反都是用其中的释义）p365

economic adj.（1592） 1. archaic: of or relating to a household or its management;

                          2 ECONOMICAL2

                          3a: of or relating to economics

                           b: of, relating to, or based on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

                           c: of or relating to an economy

                          4: having practical or industrial significance or uses: affecting material resources

                          5: PROFITABLE

economical adj. （15c）1 archaic: ECONOMIC 1

                                      2: marked by careful, efficient, and prudent use of resources: THRIFTY

                                      3: operating with little waste or at a saving

显然，economic与econmical确有词义相同的情况，但这种相同在于economic释义的第1条：家庭管理（经济这个词的原出处）和economical释义的第2条：节约

而在此处，原句中的economic应该是第3a或3b或3c中意思，这样才能与social对应，所以这里economic与economical绝对不能混用，用了economical的选项都错

sabrina56

恩，D. They do 应该不能省略，因为"would have to know.." 和 "they know" 是不同的主谓结构，只有主从句主谓结构完全相同时省略从句主谓。

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snowofjune

Vote for C, why E is better?

wenzhi116

我一开始也错了，仔细想想句子的逻辑意思，是不是这样：先考虑主干要说什么，是不是说demongraphers...know a great deal...about...determinants（因素）?接下来考虑比较，要弄清“什么”more than “什么”。是不是应该就是“本该知道的”more than“现在知道的”?

那么现在是不是就可说通了呢？本该知道很多（实际并不知道那么多），用虚拟。would。也就是would know a great deal more than now about...

因为a great deal(大量，名词)，用不着they do了就~

个人意见，忘nn们指教~~~~ 

smilingalone

明白了，谢谢！！！！