11. Several studies have found that the coronary patients who exercise most actively have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.
(A) have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(B) have half the chance, or less, of dying of a heart attack than those who are sedentary do
(C) have half the chance that they will die of a heart attack, or less, than those who are sedentary do
(D) are at least fifty percent less likely to die of a heart attack as those who are sedentary(E)
(E) are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack
这道题我也选了b, 我当时觉得E是:less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack. 觉得红字部分整个修饰前面的those,于是句子的结构就不完整了,至少会引起歧义。
sb+be+adj.+to do sth 这个句型也是有的,比如说I am glad to meet you.但问题是,这个句型里的adj.常是表达人情感、能力等的形容词,如angry / pleased /happy /surprised /afraid /sure等。那么,是不是因为句子里面用了sedentary而避免了这个歧义呢? |