OG 5

leslie123456789

5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monu­ments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.

(A)  as old as any of their supposed

(B)  older than any of their supposed

(C)  as old as their supposed

(D)  older than any of their supposedly

(E)   as old as their supposedly

Choices A, C, and E do not state the comparison logically. The expression as old as indicates equality of age, but the sentence indicates that the Brittany monuments predate the Mediterranean monuments by 2,000 years. In B, the best choice, older than makes this point of comparison clear. B also correctly uses the adjective supposed, rather than the adverb supposedly used in D and E, to modify the noun phrase Mediterranean predecessors.

上面蓝色的那句   为什么要older than 而不是as old as？b or c没看明白句子意思

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jnlvo

逻辑意思与事实不符，法国的这个巨石阵年代肯定不止2000年。如果没有背景知识，只能比较，A和C可认为相近，同对同错，故都排除。

leslie123456789

好强啊~同对同错 谢了gg

hougang

不明白为什么A 和C可以同对同错，要注意到supposed的后面是Mediterranean predecessors，所以 必须要用到any才可以。

crusaders

Predecessors : One that precedes.  

1. Read the entire sentence carefully. Try to understand the specific idea or relations- hip that the sentence should express. (First sentence of OG SC Part...)

hougang

上面的兄台想说明什么啊，我不是很理解，可否用中文解释一下，谢谢。

另外，我仔细看了一下，发现

Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monu­ments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.

这个句子前面的比较对象应该是megalithic monu­ments 是复数的概念，那么后面的比较对象是不是也应该是复数才能对应啊？如果是这样的话，any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors所表达的意思（按照我的理解）应该是单数吧，因为有个any。那么启不是造成了单复数对比不一致的问题吗？请nn指教

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LES

单数与复数比较的问题，偶认为是可以的，比如某人与其同时代的其他人比较，都是可以的。

本题的关键是older than 还是 as old as，当然如果有历史知识做支持会更容易理解；但是如果对此不了解的话，偶觉得可以从未划线中的nearly和predecessors来判断，也许这就是ETS所谓的indicates吧。

lwj19329

两点：

第一，megalithic monuments 形式上是复数，但是在意义上是单数。就像是people这个单词。

第二，解决这个题目的关键是用比较级还是 as old as, 如果是比较级，则在B和D中选，如果是

lwj19329

两点：

第一：megalithic monuments 形式上是复数，但是意义上是单数。就像是people这个单词。

第二：解决这个题目的关键是用older还是as old as, 如果是前者，则在B和D中选，否则在A,C,E中选。我的问题是，如果没有历史知识，怎么可以看出是比较级的？？怎么从从未划线中的nearly和predecessors来判断？？是不是as old as 不需要nearly 修饰？？

谢谢！！

ford424

ets 不会还要考历史吧，请教高人指点！