请教 og12 语法分册 3, 20 ,24 中的几个小问题~~

琴心Amanda

3. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole speeds beyond its means , it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
这句话没什么问题，我不明白的是为什么要用much 修饰voters 呢？而不用many 呢？

20. Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season ,are  going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
这句话是对的，当我想问下which指代的是什么呢？

24. In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding , in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers.
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers.
正确答案是(E) , 我选的(D), 为什么不能用(D)中的because 和未划线部分的and 后面的because 平行呢？ 这样的平行怎么看出来呢？

麻烦各位帮我解答了，先谢谢大家！！！

琴心Amanda

各位大侠帮帮忙吧，还有8天就要考了~~

warmsmilenuan

我是搜24搜过来的。。。

个人意见。。

第一个   much不是跟voter连着的吧， however much=no matter how much， 讲无论voters agree到哪种程度

第二个  the collateral

第三个我也疑惑，OG上的解释是用被动awkward，但的确这个不平行啊..... 到时候如何取舍捏.....  同恳求回答.....

warmsmilenuan

24   从别的帖子里搜到的
http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-513324-1-1.html?SearchText=OG%2024

还有另外一个帖子里有人这么解释
”E其实才是平行的
partly to acquire  和 partly to provide 平行~~ 表达了 increasingly used crossbreeding的两个目的

D选项两个错误，一个是被动语态is awkward；一个是steer 不能 acquire  characteristics “

琴心Amanda

嗯嗯，谢谢，明白好多了~不过还想问下，20题定语从句如果还原为正常语序是“farmers borrow against the collateral to get through the harvest season”么？


能不能帮忙把 20和24 分别翻译下呢？

谢谢~~