Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than （the proportion） in any previous election.
C 比较的是 proportion和proportion,所以不应该用they.整个句子结构，a greater...这句应该是临近修饰more than half the spending的，可以补出来 which is a greater proportion. 又根据比较对称的原则，所以proportion应该跟proportion比较，我认为应该是
a greater proportion than the proportion had been ,如果要用代词，则可以表达成a greater proportion than it had been.
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. A. a greater proportion than it was B. a greater proportion than (A) C. a greater proportion than they have been D. which is greater than was so E. which is greater than it has been
完整表达应该是：a greater proportion (in this election) than (the proportion) in any previous election.
为了简洁省略，第一步省略重复名词：a greater proportion (in this election) than in any previous election. 这时突然发现可以理解为时间的比较，结构和意思都很平行，意思是“这次比上一次”。
I win more money this time than last time.是不是读起来很顺口，应该没有语法错误吧 按照原题改写：I win lots of money today, much more amount than last time.
第二步省略相同的时间状语：a greater proportion than in any previous election. 就是正确答案B。
所以以后再遇到这种题，补出前面缺失的时间状语“这一次”，然后按照意思和语感直接得出答案。
同时参考OG10 198拿破仑的那道题。
Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days. (A) they had in their previous campaigns (B) their previous campaigns had had (C) they had for any previous campaign (D) in their previous campaigns (E) for any previous campaign (A)
完整意思应该是“这次战役的补给more than以往战役的补给”：with far more supplies (for this campaign) than (the supplies) for any previous campaign
补出前面时间: with far more supplies (for this campaign) than for any previous campaign.
省略后：with far more supplies than for any previous campaign.
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发表于 2009-8-22 17:23:00
